Contest winners

2-Day Poem Contest 2020

The 10 words for 2020 were: bootlegging, lethargy, eggplant, bin, paperback, carapace, muscle, octothorpe, peristeronic, and vinegar.

First place Backwater by Halle Gulbrandsen
Second place The Last Block in Little India by Roshni Riar
Third place Silverton, July 2007 by Abigail Cowan
Editor's Choice Welwitschia by Chelene Knight
Editor's Mom's Choice To Twitter, with Love by Katie Stobbart
People's Choice Products of Scientific Notation by Sarah Wishloff

Current Issue

Hope or Do We Have One: Poetry for Uncertain Times

Poems, interviews, and essays related to hope

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