The vision of Sublimation is to promote speculative poetry and art. This book combines the best works from Volume 1 of Sublimation and the finalists of the Sublimation Annual Contest. The themes for 2024 were "trauma," "awe," "we are monsters all," "every party needs a bard," and "living in another world." This book features poetry and art by L. Ward Abel, Ken Anderson, F. J. Bergmann, Frank Coffman, Christopher Collingwood, Harris Coverley, a.d., Tony Daly, Megan Diedericks, Louis Faber, Diane Funston, Annette Gagliardi, Akua Lezli Hope, Barbara E. Hunt, Scott E. Green & Herb Kauderer, Ngô Bình Anh Khoa, LindaAnn LoSchiavo, John C. Mannone, Danielle McMahon, Jamie-May Minjie, Ophelia Monet, Kurt Newton, Juan Perez, Irina Tall, Jack Tricarico Jonathan Chibuike Ukah, Lynn White, AJ Wilcox, River Wilde, Trevor Wright, and Jacelyn Yap. Life deserves to be filled with poetry.