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Kestrel Writer Wins PEN/America Award Kestrel is happy to announce that Stanley Patrick Stocker’s short story “The List,” which appeared in Kestrel 42, was chosen as a winner of the 2021 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. “The List” was Stocker’s first published short story. Congratulations, Stan!
Hayley Harvey is a student at Fairmont State University studying English Literature. They are an Intern serving as Media Editor for Kestrel. Mackenzie Rogers is a student at Fairmont State University studying English Literature. She began her internship with Kestrel in spring 2021. WELCOME INTERNS!
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The Homes We Build by Kaitlyn Hunter

Cathy Barber

Michael Garcia Bertrand

John Blair

Ace Boggess

Kevin Boyle

Jonathan Bracker

Rick Campbell

Marisa P. Clark

Jim Daniels

Noah Davis

Ruth Dickey

K. Uwe Dunn

Amanda Hartzell

Hayley Harvey

William Heath

Max Heinegg

Cynthia Hogue

Kaitlyn Hunter

Julia Kastner

Paul Kopp

Susan Manchin

Hannah Marshall

Tina Morris

Marlene Olin

Derek N. Otsuji

Christine Potter

Bonnie Proudfoot

Andrew Michael Roberts

Gabriel Sage

Anna Egan Smucker

Jason Tandon

George Thomas

Matthew Tuckner

Sara Moore Wagner

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The new issue features

Gilbert Allen
Erica Bernheim
Rick Campbell
Nadia Colburn
Robert Conklin
Anne Coray
Barbara Daniels
Patricia Davis
Margaret Diehl
Sonia Greenfield
Charles Grosel
Lois Marie Harrod
Linda Heuring
Zebulon Huset
Stefan Karlsson
Bob Kunzinger
Jennifer Stewart Miller
William Pruitt
Dean Rader
Elizabeth Rees
Todd Robinson
Jim Ross
Laura Sobbott Ross
David Salner
Jacob Sheetz-Willard
Enid Shomer
Leela Srinivasan
Greg Stidham
Mo Lynn Stoycoff
Tola Sylvan
Jacqueline Vogtman
Steven Winn
Cynthia Yatchman