We are very excited to announce the winners of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you this Winter. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our third annual contest.
And special thanks to our wonderful judge, Amy Miller!
FIRST PLACE
Tiel Aisha Ansari
of Portland, OR
for
The Day of My First Driving Lesson
Learn more about Tiel’s winning chapbook HERE
SECOND PLACE
Marcia B. Loughran
of Astoria, NY
for
My Mother Never Died Before & Other Poems
Learn more about Marcia’s winning chapbook HERE
THIRD PLACE
C.W. Emerson
of Palm Springs, CA
for
Off Coldwater Canyon
Learn more about C.W’s winning chapbook HERE
Other Finalists:
Kathy Ackerman of Rutherford, NC for Repeat After Me
Dan Clark of Kennewick, WA for Some Otherwhere
Michael S. Glaser of St. Mary’s City, MD for What the Ocean Knows
Marilyn Johnston of Salem, OR for When I Could Climb Free
Linda Johnston Muhlhausen of Red Bank, NJ for White
J.I. Kleinberg of Bellingham, WA for The Word for Standing Alone in a Field
Michelle Lerner of Flanders, NJ for Protection
Christopher Luna of Vancouver, WA for Secret Teacher
published as full-length collection, Exchanging Wisdom
Deborah Meltvedt of Sacramento, CA for California Girl-Woman
published as Building a Woman
Dianne Stepp of Portland, OR for Braced for Landing
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