Morris Collins

“The Home Visit” by Morris Collins (Issue 33) has been published in The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners.

Brad Felver

“Orphans” by Brad Felver (Issue 33) has been published in The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners.

Issue 36/37 Spring/Summer 2025

Sylvie Baumgartel

Sylvie Baumgartel’s essay “Fat Man and Little Boy,” originally published in Subtropics Issue 32, has been selected by Vivian Gornick for Best American Essays 2023.

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