Tim McGinnis Award

  • The Trail


    by Tim McGinnis “At seventeen, he had already read Nietzsche, at forty he still read fairy tales and the Czech Boy Scout Magazine.” Ernst Pawel,…

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  • The Glenn Gould Memorial Museum


    Aleyna Rentz Volume 51, Issue 2 | Spring 2022   The Glenn Gould Memorial Museum has four rooms, each filled with artifacts from virtuosic Canadian pianist…

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  • The Happiest Day of Your Life


    Katherine Damm Volumes 52, Issue 2/Volume 52, Issue 3 | Winter 2022/23 Wyatt and Nina were at Nina’s ex-boyfriend’s wedding reception in the Grand Ballroom…

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  • Wedding Survival Handbook


    Belal Rafiq Volume 49, Issue 2 | Fall 2019     Bust out the double mirror when you’re angling your goatee. Use a goddamn ruler…

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  • A bunch of yellow lego heads

    Twelve Inches


    Christina Milletti Volume 48, Issue 2 — Fall 2018   My husband is squirming again. He thinks it doesn’t bother me. That I’ve become numb…

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  • Hamster


    Ruth Madievsky Volume 46, Issue 2 — Fall 2016   I was limping down East Eleventh Street with a film canister full of opiates when…

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  • The Best White Rapper in Berea, Ohio


    Daniel A. Hoyt Volume 45, Issue 1 — Spring 2015     Kevin rapped about high school hos and Buckeyes, boxer shorts on girls, Jamba…

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  • Old News, Unverified


    Jennifer Bowen Hicks Volume 43, Issue 3 — Winter 2013/14   We hunted her ghost despite Mama’s eye rolls. Dee and me wanted to know…

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