We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2017 Prose and Poetry Chapbook Contests! We're grateful to have read so many excellent submissions this year, and to have the opportunity to publish work that encourages feminist conversations of many varieties. Congratulations to this year's winners and finalists, and our sincere thanks to all who submitted work. The winning chapbooks will be published in the spring of 2018, and a limited-edition series of miniatures and ephemer

Over the summer while on hiatus from my GGP internship, I had the opportunity to go to Ireland for my study abroad class, the Psychology of Terrorism. I was blown away by how incredibly kind the people were and how beautiful of a place it is. I also had the opportunity to learn about Countess Constance Markievicz. She was a wealthy Irish woman who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. Constance was appointed staff lieutenant at St. Stephen’s Green and was arres