Every Issue of Carrier Pigeon #17 features one of ten original, solarplate etchings by A.J. Springer, a flip book by Andre Da Loba, acetate pages, a do-it-yourself paper sculpture wrap called Dress Your Rocket by contributing artist Michael McKeown and a foil stamped and embossed cover by the issue's graphic designer, Kurt McGhee.


Illustrated fiction includes Sports of Kings by Rit Bottorf with Illustrations by Andre Da Loba, Premonition by Rudy Ravindra Illustrated by Valera Ishakov, More than Enough by Lorenzo Cabello Illustrated by Dylan LaPointe, The Amazing Hancock Brothers Written and Illustrated by John & James Hancock, Five More Minutes by Jacob Mendelsohn Illustrated by A.J. Springer, The Trees of Echols County by Matt Braynard Illustrated by Lauren Goldstein. Issue 17 also includes fine art portfolios by artists Fabienne Lasserre, Han Ji-Min, Ruth Marten, Beth Sutherland, Hans De Wit, Michael McKeown.