Lifespan

Dearest Reader,

Knowledge is power; it is everything. From what we know—

intrinsically, woven deep within every fiber of our beings—to what

we uncover with every breath, we use our knowledge as a tool to keep

ourselves alive.

Some may be searching for this epitomic, all-encompassing answer

to satisfy the curiosities that life presents. Others are looking for

something small, just one thing to push through the nights ahead.

Regardless of what you seek, I hope you find a portion of it within the

pages of our nineteenth issue.

Let your mind consume the words and the art printed before you, soak

in their meanings and the feelings they evoke in you. Allow yourself

a moment to breathe; to drift away and get lost. Remind yourself that

you are alive, that you are experiencing life for the first time, and that it

can be beautiful.

Read until your hunger for knowledge is quelled, and search beyond for

more to satiate you.

As Long As You Believe,

Cheyenne Nicely

Managing Editor

MANAGING EDITOR

Cheyenne Nicely

JUNIOR MANAGING EDITOR

Rori Kennedy

SENIOR PROSE EDITOR

Sadie Leary

JUNIOR PROSE EDITORS

Francis Rogai & Hannah Crnkovich

SENIOR POETRY EDITORS

Ella Baker & Caitlyn Wierzbicki

SENIOR VISUAL ARTS EDITOR

Fayth Snyder

JUNIOR VISUAL ARTS EDITOR

Crab Hochsprung-Cottrell

SENIOR MULTI-MODAL EDITOR

Lindsay Hirschman

JUNIOR MULTI-MODAL EDITOR

Alberto BoydVera

SENIOR PR MANAGER

Brinley Lopes

JUNIOR PR MANAGER

Shelby Faller

WEBSITE DESIGNER

Brianna Luby

BUDGET MANAGER

Natalie Duminiak

The Sanctuary Magazine’s Candlewick Prize is awarded to a contributor from each genre whose work continues to transcend beyond our mortal plane, its essence lingering before, between, and after our souls exist.

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POETRY WINNER

wash day - Bobbi Newsome

MULTIMODAL WINNER

you are here. - Mars Russel

VISUAL ART WINNER

Bird & Apples - Nasta Martyn

PROSE WINNER

The Toad - Jake Kolasa