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
SECOND PLACE
Christine Higgins of Towson, Maryland for Hello, Darling
THIRD PLACE
Debbie Hall of Escondido, California for 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
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