2025-2026 Quills & Pixels

Developmental Editors: Wanda Adams, Amber Anderson, Chloe McGehee, Jayla Henderson, Michelle Keithley, Anna Schafer, Darby Tanner

Production Editors: Wanda Adams, Amber Anderson, Chloe McGehee, Jayla Henderson, Angie Patillo, Darby Tanner

Creative Nonfiction Table of Contents

Gristle by Hk Hite

Texas Chain Saw Miracle by Samuel Tankersley

Moose by Anonymous

Compawionship by Vakayla Davies

Burns for Pennies by Slade Wright

Lessons from Liver and Onions by Lacey Wynes

The Sichuan Peppercorn and a love letter to Chinese food by Sierra Tribbett-Collins

Would I be Happier if I wasn’t Asian by Ysabelle Calahi

Pruned to Perfection by Ysabelle Calahi

Maybe I’m Just Crazy by Amber Lynn Anderson

Days of Discomfort by Riley Hope

The Willow Tree by Lacey Wynes

Daddy and the M&M’S by Lacey Wynes

The Blessings of Children by Riley Hope

Laundromat Guy by Dr. Gerald Driskill

TUG by Hk Hite

Academic Table of Contents

Menstrual Murderesses: Women Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Nineteenth Century America by Maddie LaRosa-Ray

Criminalization of Survival: An Interdisciplinary Appraoch to Understanding a Gendered Caste System and Addressing Patriarchal Violence by Maddie LaRosa-Ray

A Double-edged Sword: How Conditional Cash Transfer Policies Influence Gender Inequality by Maddie LaRosa-Ray

The Art of Passing in Craft’s Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by Marissa Pate

The Evolution and Expansion of Slave Codes During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries by Michael Foley

The Prison Problem by Philip Hill

Similarities and Differences Between the Soviet and US Invasions of Afghanistan by Michael Foley