NCW's 5th annual collection of contest winners and editor's picks in short fiction, personal essay/creative nonfiction, and poetry. Authors in this volume: Edward Hamlin, Carol Smith, Joanne M. Clarkson, Michael Twist, Bonnie K. Kidd, Jennifer Givhan, Chelsey K. Shannon, Kelly Martineau, Don Hogle, Josh Chaffin, Emma Atkinson, Andrew Lloyd-Jones, MK Ajay, Sarah Marty-Schlipf, John Tait, Zev Shanken, Mary Jane Tenerelli, Timothy O'Leary, Marina Hatsopoulos, L Edwin Greer, Morgan Smith, Verity Martin, Phil Ellsworth, Shawn Callaway Hays, Lynn Kincanon, Michelle Collins Anderson, Lynda La Rocca, Marsha Warren Mittman, Karen Hunt