The Goldilocks Zone contest has been judged. Here’s the full list of finalists and associated subcategories:

Finalists

His T-shirt and Mine / Milo Harvey / Poem

Maybe Both / Jordan Nishkian / Fiction

Incoming Message From @mr_wolf… / Freya Morris / Fiction

At the Edge of Things / William Winston / Poem

Best of

Lucky Stones / Christy O’Callaghan / Fiction

Winner

How We Learned to Fly / Anita Hunt / Poem

The finalists have been offered publication alongside the winner. They can be found in the next digital quarterly edition, which can be downloaded free by visiting SunspotLit.com and going to the Editions tab.

They will also appear in the 2024 print edition, which can be preordered (shipping to US addresses included at no charge) here:

https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit/280386/preorder-2024-print-edition

The journal’s standard open calls are still open. Deadlines vary, but the guidelines and current open categories can always be found here.