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Letter from our co-editors

MFA class of 2024 is proud to bring you our final Paper Dragon volume. Volume 7 submissions surpassed all previous volumes, and we couldn’t be more pleased that so many writers, poets, and artists are seeking publication for their work and choosing to submit to Paper Dragon! 

For this volume, we asked for longer works of fiction and writers delivered. Our editors and readers worked hard to deliver a selection of pieces that not only showcased the wonderful talent around us but also embodied Paper Dragon’s mission of publishing high-quality creative work from authors in underrepresented communities.  

This volume is bittersweet for our class, but we leave Paper Dragon in the capable and talented hands of MFA class of 2025. We can’t wait to see where they take the journal. Thank you for reading Paper Dragon and we wish continued creativity and success to all the writers, poets, and artists. 

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Seth Kazmar and Tori Chase, Volume 7 co-editors

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Paper Dragon is the literary journal of Drexel University’s MFA in Creative Writing program. It is managed and edited by MFA students and published with generous help from the Drexel Publishing Group. 

Through civic engagement, its mission is to provide a platform for the amplification of communities that have historically been underrepresented in literature. Paper Dragon will achieve this goal by showcasing high-quality creative work from authors and other artists in these communities.