Editors’ Choice Winners, 2022-2023

The work below represents the best of River Whale from the first two years of review. Please enjoy!

– The Editorial Staff

FICTION:

Color of the Sun, by Alora Voss

Recipe for a Stew, by Teagan Nelson

Where the Stars Once Lived, by Heather Pecore

Aye, Aye Captain, by Katherine Lindgren

POETRY:

Rapunzel, by Nicole Payne

Verano, by Jose Felipe Ozuna

Thoughts and Prayers, by Viviana Nunez

The Quiet Safety of the Cage, by Hannah Penttila

It’s So Fun Being the Drunk Girl, by Brittany O’Keefe

wikihow advice, by Teagan Nelson

CNF:

Before That Day, by Anna Claire Nelson

Popsicle Dreams, by Katelyn Gianni

VISUAL ART:

1&2, by Sarah James

Splits Bird, by Lilly Anderson

Plant Wallpaper 3, by Lilly Anderson

Gut Goer, by Miles Miller

Boarded, by Hannah Tebben

Album “23” by Hyukoh, by Ella Jost

MUSIC:

We’ll Take You On, by Maia Pivec

Blue, by Emma Josephine

The Way Things Are, by Jordan Mendoza