2025 Nominees:

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• “Rejection Speech” by Flavian Mark Lupinetti, from The Pronunciation Part (The Poetry Box, February 2025)
• “Leaf Fall” by Carolyn Martin, from Splitting the World Open (The Poetry Box, March 2025)
• “What a performance is” by John L. Miller, from Andes (The Poetry Box, May 2025)
• “Loowitlatkla” by Christine Colasurdo from There Is Always a Volcano Before You: Poems for Mount St. Helens and the Cascade Range (The Poetry Box, November 2025)
• “Sacred Ground” by Kristin Roedell from Lessons in Buoyancy (The Poetry Box, December 2025)
• “In the Assisted Living Home” by Debbie Hall from Mixtape: Marginal States (The Poetry Box, December 2025)

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2024 Nominees:

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• “Miscarriage Three” by Cathy Cain, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#14), October 2024, The Poetry Box.
• “Hungry Ghost” by Willa Schneberg, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#14), October 2024, The Poetry Box.
• “Sail On” by Linda Ferguson, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#14), October 2024, The Poetry Box.
• “Beauty Sleeping” by Kim Peter Kovac, published in A Bit Left of Straight Ahead, June 2024, The Poetry Box.
• “Rodrigo Fails to Meet the Learning Objective” by Ginny Lowe Connors, published in White Sail at Midnight, November 2024, The Poetry Box.
• “We Do This, We Do That” by Shawn Pittard, published in Witness, December 2024, The Poetry Box.

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2023 Nominees:

• “Stars” by Andrea Hollander, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#13), released in October 2023, by The Poetry Box.
• “Mending” by Melanie Green, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#13), released in October 2023, by The Poetry Box.
• “The Rule of Dew & Tiny Parachutes” by Lana Hechtman Ayers, published in When All Else Fails, released in May 2023, by The Poetry Box.
• “Beyond Gravitas” by Jarold Ramsey, published in Jump Straight Up, released in November 2023, by The Poetry Box.
• “It Really Is Just about the Maquillage, I Think” by Amelia Díaz Ettinger, published in Self Dissection, released in September 2023, by The Poetry Box.
• “Listening for the Rain” by Wendy Erd, published in It’s a Crooked Road, but Not Far, to the House of Flowers, released in November 2023, by The Poetry Box.

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2022

• “Examination” by Annie Lighthart, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#12), released in October 2022, by The Poetry Box.
• “Have You Ever Had Kugel?” by Marilyn Johnston, published in The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry & Art (#12), released in October 2022, by The Poetry Box.
• “El Barrio” by David Gonzalez, published in Soundings, released in October 2022, by The Poetry Box.
• “Life Is a Small Family Farm Going Out of Business or Maybe It’s Just the Auction” by Peter Kaufmann, published in The Round Whisper of No Moon, released in November 2022, by The Poetry Box.
• “They Thought They Were Angels” by Juan Pablo Mobili, published in Contraband, released in April 2022, by The Poetry Box.
• “Venus Comb” by Kristin Berger, published in Earthwork, released in August 2022, by The Poetry Box Select.

We wish all of these talented poets the best of luck!

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2021

• “Traveling with the Speed of Light” by Zeina Azzam, published in her chapbook, Bayna Bayna: In-Between, released in May 2021, by The Poetry Box.
• “Clearing Out” by Marilyn Johnston, published in The Poeming Pigeon: From Pandemic to Protest, released in October 2021, by The Poetry Box.
• “House” by Michelle Lerner, published in her chapbook, Protection, released in July 2021, by The Poetry Box.
• “My Mother Never Died Before” by Marcia B. Loughran, published in her prizewinning chapbook, My Mother Never Died Before & Other Poems, released in January 2021, by The Poetry Box. (Second place winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize)
• “1969” by Tiel Aisha Ansari, published in her prizewinning chapbook, The Day of My First Driving Lesson, released in January 2021, by The Poetry Box. (First place winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize)
• “My Mother’s Satchel Whispers” by Carolyn Martin, published in her chapbook, Nothing More to Lose, released in January 2021, by The Poetry Box.

We wish all of these talented poets the best of luck!

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2019

• “The Cup is Half Full” by Judith Terzi, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Sports, released in May 2019 by The Poetry Box.
• “A” by Scott M. Bade, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Sports, released in May 2019 by The Poetry Box.
• “Surreal Expulsion” by D.R. James, published in his chapbook, Surreal Expulsion, released in March 2019 by The Poetry Box.
• “O. Awaken” by Jeanne Julian, published in her book, Like the O in Hope, released in August 2019 by The Poetry Box (Select).
• “Boy” by Ahrend Torrey, published in his book, Small Blue Harbor, to be released in March 2019 by The Poetry Box (Select).
• “Requiem for a Nobody” by Sally Zakariya, published in her chapbook, The Unknowable Mystery of Other People, released in March 2019 by The Poetry Box.

We wish all of these talented poets the best of luck!

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2018

• “Columbine” by Linda Ferguson, published in The Poeming Pigeon: In The News, released in August 2018 by The Poetry Box.
• “Misha” by Gudrun Bortman published in Fireweed, released in Oct 2018 by The Poetry Box.
• “Abraham Morales Hernandez” by Christopher Bogart, published in 14: Antologia del Sonoran, released in October 2018 by The Poetry Box.
• “Libretto” by Ed Mabrey, published inThe Poeming Pigeon: In The News, released in August 2018 by The Poetry Box.
• “The Inheritance” by donnarkevic, published in Many Sparrows, to be released in December 2018 by The Poetry Box.
• “Swept Under the  Rug” by Julene Tripp Weaver, published inThe Poeming Pigeon: In The News, released in August 2018 by The Poetry Box.

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• “Crossing” by Lynn M. Knapp, published in Giving Ground, released in February 2017 by The Poetry Box.
• “Lilith” by Brittney Corrigan published in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden, released in May 2017 by The Poetry Box.
• “Chamomile for the Molokans” by Katy Brown, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden, released in May 2017 by The Poetry Box.
• “The Chubby Buddhist Monk of Trout Lake Abbey” by Tricia Knoll, published in Broadfork Farm, released in July 2017 by The Poetry Box.
• “Even Death” by Jane Yolen, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems, to be released December 1, 2017 by The Poetry Box.
• “Sheet Bend” by Jonathan Glenn Travelstead, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems, to be released December 1, 2017 by The Poetry Box.

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