Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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Norman Tran

Norman Tran (he/they) is a queer, neurodivergent Chinese American poet and educator from Los Angeles. Their work has appeared in Seventh Wave, Honey Literary, Multiplicity Magazine, Gather, and the anthology Tell Me About the Dream: Poetry Inspired by the Work of Richard Siken. A 2026 PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, Norman has received support from the Fine Arts Work Center, Kundiman, Lambda Literary, and Periplus Collective. They are working toward a debut collection about Gaysian polyamory and the patterns that make us love recklessly, silently, exponentially.