2025 Semi‑Finalists

Lia del Mar
by Dacyl Acevedo

TIGERS
by David Anzuelo

Hold Up the Sun
by Steve Apostolina

SWITZERLAND
by Veronique Autphenne

In the Shadow of her Father
by Omar Bakry

Roommates
by Kia T. Barbee

The Ocean Thought Nothing
by Kari Bentley-Quinn

Cage
by Barbara Blatner

You Should Be Worried
by Julia Blauvelt

ReWombed
by Nikki Brake-Sillá

The Caregiver’s Guide
by Jami Brandli

Abandonment Issues
by Larry Brenner

THE GUEST
by Zina Camblin

Pangaea
by Erik Champney

Charity
by Matthew Chong

Oklahoma Samovar
by Alice Eve Cohen

WHERE HAVE ALL THE FAIRIES GONE?
by Aaron Coleman

BROKEN THREAD
by D-Davis

Beauty
by Alexa Derman

loverboy!
by Ryan Drake

In Plain Sight
by Brian Dykstra

Scourge
by Harley Elias

Fountains of Youth
by Kareem Fahmy

Wish Bone
by Phoebe Farber

COME AGAIN
by Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend

Pennsylvania Avenue
by Susan Ferrara

angel’s share
by dominic finocchiaro

harold
by justine gelfman

Prayer Circle
by Erik Gernand

Other People’s Children
by Keli Goff

Two Catchers
by Brad Goren-Wilson

Care Less
by Chloé Hung

The Red Man
by JuCoby Johnson

The Words of Ants
by Xiaoyan Kang

The John Wilkes Booth High School…
by Stephen Kaplan

Pearl’s Beauty Salon
by Stefani Kuo

tennis lessons
by eliza jaye kuperschmid

Mandatory Training: All New Hires Must Report
by Sydney Kurland

SHORT
by Cameron Lehman

Virōdha
by Victor Lesniewski

Wolves At The Door
by Ali MacLean

Mala Aria
by Gloria Majule

The Defectors
by Nick Malakhow

THE OTHER
by Chelsea Marcantel

The Myth of the Two Marcos
by Tony Meneses

Below Sea Level
by Danielle Mettler

1973
by Winter Miller

Kiboko Bay
by Lara Miller

In the Temple of Light
by Arroyo Monfiletto

Suicide Cowboys
by Greg Nanni

i know why iris chang died
by Esmé Maria Ng

Godwin & Elvis
by Bianca Nkwonta

My Brother Jake
by Dave Osmundsen

Poor Edward
by Jonathan Payne

The Committee
by Brendan Pelsue

The Misplaced Saints
by Audley Puglisi

END OF PLAY.
by C. Quintana (CQ)

The Black Madonna
by Steve Romagnoli

Murdered Teacher Speaks Out
by Guillermo Reyes

Crayon Sun
by Tlaloc Rivas

Lavender: Body & Foot Rub Spa Massage
by Tyler Rivenbark

In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too…
by Amalia Oliva Rojas

A Nice Motherly Person
by Lia Romeo

I Know the End
by Jan Rosenberg

The Possessed Girls of St. Mary’s
by Jeana Scotti

So Help Me God, Newark and the Gibson Years
by TyLie Shider

At Ease
by DeAndre Short

Layers, or “The Casserole Play”
by Scott c. Sickles

Strange Men
by will snider

Perfection
by Joe Sutton

Not-For-Profit
by Jeff Talbott

Recognition; or “who else…?”
by Ken Weitzman

Jouissance
by Emily Welty

(unrepeatable!)
by kc wisniewski

Variations of Crossing the Alps
by Deborah Yarchun

ajax
by habib yazdi

Smokey Hollow
by Rob Zellers

JULY
by Sophie Zmorrod