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Chapbook Prize 2019: Winners

May 31, 2019 by The Poetry Box Leave a Comment

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 We are very excited to announce the winners and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you this Winter. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our second annual contest. We were astounded by the quality of submissions we received from all over the country, making our decision joyously difficult!

And special thanks to our wonderful judge, Tricia Knoll!

FIRST PLACE

Lauren Tiven of St. Augustine, Florida for Moroccan Holiday 

Front Book Cover, "Moroccan Holiday" poetry by Lauren Tivey

SECOND PLACE

Christine Higgins of Towson, Maryland for Hello, Darling 

Front Book Cover of Hello, Darling

THIRD PLACE

Debbie Hall of Escondido, California for Falling Into the River

Front Cover of Falling into the River

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Other Finalists:

Carie Juettner of Austin, Texas for Death Can’t Sleep

Julia Paul of Manchester, Connecticut for Staring Down the Tracks

Allison Thorpe of Lexington, Kentucky for By the Light of Women

Margaret Chula of Portland, Oregon for In the Shadows
published as Shadow Man

Zeina Azzam of Alexandria, Virginia for Bayna, Bayna

Nancy Hewitt of Swampscott, Massachusetts for This Slanted Scene

Martin Willits of Syracuse, New York for The Miles Before Sleep

Leonard Neufeldt of Gig Harbor, Washington for More-than-Human Nearness

John Davis of Bainbridge Island, Washington for Downhill Edge

Calvin Olsen of Chapel Hill, South Carolina for Grounded

Jed Myers of Seattle, Washington for Word of our Crossing

Victoria Nordlund of South Glastonbury, Connecticut for Homer Saw a Wine-Dark Sea

(We will open again for contest submissions in Feb, 2020)

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