“Hockey” by Roman Johnson
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Roman Johnson, PhD is a writer and scientist from Memphis, TN. He is a second–year MFA student in poetry at Brown University … Read more
Contests
“Alzheimer’s Abecedarian and Erasure” by Wendy Drexler
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains, will … Read more
I’m not I’m not I’m not a baby by Dev Murphy
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Devan Murphy is the author of the chapbook I’m Not I’m Not I’m Not a Baby (Ethel 2024), a collection of prose … Read more
“Why I Chose Bernadette” by Mary Christine Delea
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Mary Christine Delea is the author of The Skeleton Holding Up the Sky, three chapbooks, and numerous journal publications. She is … Read more
“I Dream the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn” by Matthew Johnson
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Chard deNiord Matthew Johnson, formerly of Stratford, CT, is author of Shadow Folks and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books), Far from New York State (NYQ Press), and Too Short to … Read more
“not next now next” by Bryan Marshall
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Chard deNiord Bryan Marshall trained as a musician (including writing a PhD thesis on New England’s own Danbury-boy-done-good, Charles Ives), and has worked as … Read more
“A pea deprived a princess of sleep” by Julia H. Fonte
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Chard deNiord Julia H. Fonte lives on the edge of Vermont woods. When not writing she preserves wildflowers in three-dimensional form; grows and dries organic herbs; … Read more
“On Seeing the Movie No Other Land” by Wendy Drexler
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Chard deNiord Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains, will be published … Read more
“The Parable of the Hands” by Mariya Tytarenko, translated by Yuliya Musakovska
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Kymm Coveney (Photograph, L to R: Mariya Tytarenko, Yuliya Musakovska) Mariya Tytarenko is a writer, poet, and media researcher. She is an Associate Professor at … Read more
Brenna Manuel, “Bog in June”
Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Laura Rodley Brenna Manuel spent her childhood in the suburbs of Detroit. She later moved to the West Coast and received a B.F.A. in Painting … Read more