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WAG’s 13th annual journal, Bacopa Literary Review 2022, features works by writers from around the globe.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief: J.N. Fishhawk

Associate Editor: Mary Bast

Managing Editor: Tessa Walters

Fiction Editor: Alec Kissoondyal

Creative Nonfiction / Humor Editor: Stephanie Seguin

Poetry Co-Editor: Oliver Keyhani

Poetry Co-Editor: Reinfred Addo

The 2022 Bacopa Contest Winners

  • Fiction Award — “An Act of Kindness” by Murzban F. Shroff; Honorable Mention — “Benny & Bjorn” by Lilia Anderson
  • Creative Nonfiction Award — “Girl, Sunsplit” by Neethu Krishnan; Honorable Mention — “Waiting” by Miki Lentin
  • Humor Award — “How Busy I Was” by Marjorie Drake; Honorable Mention — “Show and Tell to Remember” by Victoria Lynn Smith
  • Formal Poetry Award — “Amelia’s Freckle Cream” by Shauna Osborn; Honorable Mention — “All love poems are horror poems when you are the creature” by R. Thursday
  • Free-Verse Poetry Award — “Listen to Gala’s mutterings” by Sylvia Anne Telfer; Honorable Mention — “In the Name of the Name” by Sunyoung Kay
  • Visual Poetry Award — “A Change in Mood II” by Karla Van Vliet; Honorable Mention — “NEWS” by J. Nishida

Contributors

FICTION

Lilia Snowfield Anderson
Penny Page
J. Paul Ross
Robert Sachs
Murzban F. Shroff

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Taras Bereza
Abigail Boyer
Trista Cornelius
Laurie Easter
Mary Liza Hartong
Karin Hedetniemi
Kateri Kosek
Neethu Krishnan
Diane LeBlanc
Miki Lentin
Marisca Pichette
Catherine Shields
Sydney Sinks
Kelley Swan

VISUAL POETRY

B. Elliott Crist
Olumide Manuel
J. Nishida
Roberta Pearla
Radoslav Rochallyi
Karla Van Vliet

FREE VERSE POETRY

Dror Abend-David
John Agbaeze
David M. Alper
Sarpong Osei Asamoah
Deviant Bates
Lawrence Bridges
Arthur Crummer
Eric Diamond
Jeffrey Dieter
Tyler Fisher
Ashley Guadamuz
James Hancock
Jasmine Harrell
Taiwo Hassan
Silke Heiss
Patrick Horner
HC Hsu
Olaitan Humble
Sunyoung Kay
Jiewei Li
Ted Marcelo
Julie McNeely-Kirwan
Karla Linn Merrifield
Cecil Morris
Frederick Pollack
Adrian S. Potter
Piper Samuels
Angeline Schellenberg
Ojo Taiye
Sylvia Anne Telfer
Mitchell Untch
Alla Vilnyanskaya
Brenda Yates

FORMAL POETRY

Roxanne Barbour
Greg Bell
Maroula Blades
Hannah Marshall
Jill Michelle
Shauna Osborn
Jennifer Overturf
Kyle Potvin
Paula M. Rodriguez
R. Thursday
Ann Weil
Robert Witmer

HUMOR

Rivka Crowbourne
Marjorie Drake
Peggy Landsman
Cassandra Lipp
Michael Nethercott
Victoria Lynn Smith

PUBLISHING TEAM

Richard Skinner (Layout/Cover Design)
Judi Cain (Cover Art)