149 Review Issue 3 – Summer 2026

Winner of the 2026 Summer Nonfiction Craft Prize

Eric Lippe

Firearm Repair Merit Badge

Aria Fafat

Out in the Bitter Glade

Winner of the 2026 Summer Fiction Craft Prize

Lynne Curry

What the River Knows

Chloe Johnson

What I Hold Makes Me Sore

Joanna Theiss

Kismet

Peter Newall

The Cormorant Embassy

Mario Senzale

The Cutaway

David I. Hughes

The Velvet Frame

Hanna Reynditskiy

Future Perfect

Winner of the 2026 Summer Poetry Craft Prize

Jordan Ranft

Triptych at Urgent Care with Possible Ghost Sighting

Rennée K. Nicholson

Confession, I’m Not Here to Tell You

Alan Perry

Endings

Don Farrell

g.l.o.r.i.a.

Nicky Beer

Scrip

JC Alfier

Late Fragment from One More Mainstreet

Red Script‍ ‍by JC Alfier

Friendship Circle‍ ‍by Mindy Kober