Sarah Hill, “From An MRI Machine”
Honorable Mention, Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
Samuel Washington Allen Prize
Dean Gessie, “eulogy for empire”
Winner of the Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
Susan Sklan, “To My Most Beloved Child: Letters from the Warsaw Ghetto”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Lloyd Schwartz
Daisy Bassen, “Kintsukuroi”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Lloyd Schwartz
Denise Provost, “Threads of Distant Music: A Garland of Sonnets”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize selected by Lloyd Schwartz
Moira Linehan,”Accounting”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Accounting Beyond the Border Wall: The Migrant Quilt Project, Tucson Sector New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA Moira Linehan is … Read more
Jennifer L Freed, “Cerebral Hemorrhage”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram Cerebral Hemorrhage 1.In the room with the drawn curtains, my mother wakesenough to ask what’s happened to her,but You hurt your headis … Read more
David P. Miller, “Add One Father to Earth”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Robert Pinsky Add One Father to Earth I. Shelved where his shoes had been, his unrested ashes waited in a black … Read more
Dzvinia Orlowsky, “The (Dis)enchanted Desna”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Co-Winner, selected by Robert Pinsky The (Dis)enchanted Desna—after Alexander Dovzhenko (1894-1956)1 in a time of Putin 1. Desolate He had no soul, only steam, no eyes, … Read more