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Luisa A. Igloria was a 2025 poetry finalist for The Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize Contest. She is the author of Caulbearer (Immigrant Writing Series Prize, Black Lawrence Press, 2024), Maps for Migrants…    read more

In this sparkling, spare sci-fi by Zoe Ballering, the descendants of Earth’s elite trawl space for “the barest hint of life,” aching for what, and who, they left behind. Most…    read more

“The Kidnapped Child” by Nicholas Samaras is our Poem of the Week. *** The Kidnapped Child What do you really want to know? I came from a dark place called…    read more

Leila Farjami was a 2025 poetry finalist for The Missouri Review Editors’ Prize. She is an Iranian American poet and psychotherapist. Her debut poetry collection, Daughter of Salt, an Editor’s Selection at Trio…    read more

Darryl J. Benjamin’s “The Art of Falling Water” is a short story about a man who applies for a challenging new job to support his daughter’s future. Learning the traditional…    read more

Kirun Kapur was a 2025 finalist for The Missouri Review’s Editors’ Prize in poetry. She grew up in Hawaii and now lives along the banks of the Merrimack River. She is the…    read more

Arlene DeMaris was a finalist for poetry in The Missouri Review’s 2025 Editors’ Prize Contest. She is a poet and freelance writer. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, she now lives in Avon, Connecticut, with her husband,…    read more

Photo credit: Mark Elliott Paull. Not approved for duplication or download. “When Lindy Saved My Life” honors Mark Elliott Paull’s profound connection with a beloved greyhound; whose companionship anchored him while he navigated type 1 diabetes and immense grief. This essay prompts us…    read more

Jarrett Moseley was a finalist for poetry in The Missouri Review’s 2025 Editors’ Prize. He is a bisexual poet living in Miami and the author of the chapbook Gratitude List (Bull City Press, 2024). His manuscript, Rehumanization Litany, was…    read more

Kelli Russell Agodon is a bi/queer poet and editor whose newest poetry book, Accidental Devotions, will be published by Copper Canyon Press in May 2026. Accidental Devotions, a collection dedicated to…    read more