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Debut Prize in Poetry Winner: "unplugged" by Ayaz Mohammed
Debut Prize in Poetry Winner: "unplugged" by Ayaz Mohammed

This poem moves through language and intimacy in a really powerful way…

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Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "WHEN EVE HEARD ABOUT ANOTHER HER" by Gabriella Mayer
Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "WHEN EVE HEARD ABOUT ANOTHER HER" by Gabriella Mayer

What stunning lyrical form and the unravelling of the magic…

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Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "I Will Wade Out" by Samantha Schoech
Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: "I Will Wade Out" by Samantha Schoech

This poem has such visceral imagery that captures the small and large together…

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Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: “A Eulogy for My Grandmother” by Linda Jordan
Debut Prize in Poetry Finalist: “A Eulogy for My Grandmother” by Linda Jordan

Weaved into a beautiful tenderness and a disquiet in word choice…

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"We Disappear in the Silver" by Adrianna Gordey
"We Disappear in the Silver" by Adrianna Gordey

sea of wheat, the earth’s white hair sprouting from its scalp…

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“to synchronous Coriolis, i beg (a prayer)” by Dené K. Dryden
“to synchronous Coriolis, i beg (a prayer)” by Dené K. Dryden

vibrant air finds time…

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"On Walking into the Woods after Lights Out at Summer Camp" by Macy Davis
"On Walking into the Woods after Lights Out at Summer Camp" by Macy Davis

What do boys around a bonfire / find more beautiful…

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“Sonnet in Infinitives” by Changming Yuan
“Sonnet in Infinitives” by Changming Yuan

To be a matter when there’s no question…

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"Any Winter" by Maia Carlson
"Any Winter" by Maia Carlson

There is this urge as I perch on my porch and tip my frown towards...

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"Before Abel" by Maia Carlson
"Before Abel" by Maia Carlson

I was born at the crossing of two bones...

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"I can only say it in writing" by Judson Easton Packard
"I can only say it in writing" by Judson Easton Packard

I want to write poems where I hide birds in your body...

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"Honey" by Matthew Champagne
"Honey" by Matthew Champagne

I have a beehive as my mind...

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