Congratulations to Sara Backer, whose poem “Fire Escapes” took 3rd prize in the international 2019 Plough Poetry Competition (Devon, UK). “Fire Escapes” is a non-alphabetical abecedarian about fear and its inherent irrationality and subjectivity. How we can be afraid of things others handle with courage and brave about things others fear. And how we can step outside of our fears and laugh at ourselves while still taking our fears seriously. https://www.theploughprize.co.uk/index.php/2019
