2023 Contest Poems
Victoria Redel, Paradise
Selections from Paradise, Honorable Mention, Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize
Vivian Shipley, “I grow old…I grow old”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Danielle Legros Georges
David Gordon, “Bill Evans and My Brother’s Hands”
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Doug Holder and Denise Provost
Jennifer Jean, VOZ
Jennifer Jean’s poetry collections are VOZ (Lily Books), The Fool (Big Table), and Object Lesson (Lily Books) which explores sex-trafficking and objectification in America. She’s also released the teaching resource Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry (Lily … Read more
Prize Winners & Honorable Mentions 2023
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Danielle Legros Georges “Bahia” by Carolyne Wright Honorable mentions: “I grow old… I grow old” by Vivian Shipley“The Octagonal Schoolhouse” by Joyce Wilson Amy … Read more