Past Winners

As always the requirements are left very loose as we don’t believe in limiting your experience. It can be a description of possible paths forward, a moment of homesickness, an encounter with protests, a lived experience of racism, or anything else that touches on the topic. We are open to hearing all angles; tell us anything you believe needs to be said, anything only you can say.

Please keep in mind that this is a contest for creative essays, NOT academic. Style and craft will be used to determine the winner as much as content will. 

All submissions will also be considered for publication in Issue X due out in August

File must be uploaded in pdf, doc, docx, or txt format.

We will consider essays of any length, but we advise to keep it under 6,000 words. 

Must have as its primary focus a topic related to the ongoing struggles in the Middle East/Israel/Palestine.

Please use the submission form to ensure that we receive your work and that it is properly sorted.

Top Prize $100

Deadline TBD