This year we decided to go with “Restless Hearts” as the overarching theme. Unlike last year’s journal, which was an arc from darkness into the light, this issue will be a wild ride that will feel like an emotional rollercoaster. If you love those, you’ll enjoy this issue. If you hate those, you’ll still enjoy this issue, because it was never about what something looks like but rather how it touches the universal human heart. From hope to anxiety to cuteness to depression and back again, we dearly wish that this issue of the Pelican’s Plume will bring you the hope of knowing that you most certainly are not alone in this beautiful mess that is humanity. -Gemma Giovanna Paulina Maria Kerekes Editor-in-Chief Contributors include: Karla Elisabeth Avila, Paul Barron, Luke Bennett, Kevin Blakeslee, Athanasius Byrne, Sofia Carbonell, Juan Pablo Cardona, George Cooke. Angela Crowell, Peter Davidsson, Joe Donelson, Helena Engelhard, Maria Fennell, Betsy Fuentes, Michael Greene, Samantah Gutierrez, Nieves Hippler, Holly Holyszko, Rose Hynes, Gemma Giovanna Paulina Kerekes, Sophia Klein, Cecilia Lemanowicz, Trinity Mette, Josh Rosales, Amira Sain Joe Schlenz, Trent Smith, Melina Tomlinson, Cormac Tully, Judith Valverde, Robert Vance, and Isabella Velasquez.