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  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • About WCSU Writing
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    • Submission Guidelines
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  • Contest
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  • Poetry

    the river and me, today, by Kieran Lundy

    October 8, 2026 /

    Click for PDF i flayed the river again today its mouth diverged strangely, frowning.     …

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  • Poetry

    Upon Learning That the Korean Word for Beautiful Means “To Be Like Oneself,” by Alexis Lee

    October 6, 2026 /

    Click for PDF I once thought the magic lived in Rapunzel’s golden blonde hair. Not…

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  • Poetry

    Why I Write, by Alexis Lee

    October 6, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Selfish. I’ve heard it most from my parents, and each time it…

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  • Poetry

    Brace, by Alexis Lee

    October 6, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Synthetic microfibers intertwine beneath the grey surface. Wires coil inward until the…

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  • Poetry

    Bitter Comfort, by Meerub Tariq

    October 1, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Have you ever sipped hot coffee on a late winter evening that…

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  • Poetry

    A Modest Leaf(Love) Story, by Meerub Tariq

    October 1, 2026 /

    Click for PDF I raised my eyes to the heavens. The wind’s opus of us…

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  • Poetry

    Shoo Away, by Meerub Tariq

    October 1, 2026 /

    Click for PDF A shadow swept over my head, then anchored to the far end…

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  • Fiction

    The Good Bits, by Sophia Tang

    September 29, 2026 /

    Click for PDF Back home after the funeral, Momma couldn’t let Little Lucy’s skin go…

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  • Poetry

    Forever the Poor Poor Bluebird Getting Crushed under the Craters of the Moon While a Photo is being Taken, by Liam Garrett

    September 10, 2026 /

    Click for PDF The bluebird flies one last time The camera flash dies out Sometimes…

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  • Poetry

    Apple Pie, by Liam Garrett

    September 10, 2026 /

    Click for PDF She is everything you want her to be Tied up in a…

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