Best New Poets Nominees (2020)
Michaela Coplen | "Self-Possession"
Sara Moore Wagner | "After Another Mass Shooting"
To learn more about Best New Poets go HERE.
Best of the Net Nominees (2019)
Romeo Oriogun | "What the World Won't Show Us" ***FINALIST IN BEST OF THE NET 2020
Shannon K. Winston | "When the Speech Therapist Told Me to Say the Letter 'S,' I Opened My Mouth"
Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad | "Ode to My Coffee Maker for Understanding My Depression"
Sade Andria Zabala | "Superstitions I Inherited From My Grandmother"
Halee Kirkwood | "Fruit is Far Away From Here"
Alison Kronstadt | “Something in My Back Gives Out the Same Week Eight Abusers Make the News”
To learn more about the Best of the Net Anthology and Sundress Publications go HERE.
Shannon K. Winston | "When the Speech Therapist Told Me to Say the Letter 'S,' I Opened My Mouth"
Mehrnoosh Torbatnejad | "Ode to My Coffee Maker for Understanding My Depression"
Sade Andria Zabala | "Superstitions I Inherited From My Grandmother"
Halee Kirkwood | "Fruit is Far Away From Here"
Alison Kronstadt | “Something in My Back Gives Out the Same Week Eight Abusers Make the News”
To learn more about the Best of the Net Anthology and Sundress Publications go HERE.
Pushcart Prize Nominees (2018)
Krysten Hill | "Girl Breaking Glass"
Fargo Tbakhi | "butterfly bullet"
Emily Khilfeh | "Airport Poem"
Maurisa Li-A-Ping | "6:29am, below sea level"
Noor Ibn Najam | "abaya for Ramadan 2018"
Luther Hughes | "Faith Opens the Trap Door"
Fargo Tbakhi | "butterfly bullet"
Emily Khilfeh | "Airport Poem"
Maurisa Li-A-Ping | "6:29am, below sea level"
Noor Ibn Najam | "abaya for Ramadan 2018"
Luther Hughes | "Faith Opens the Trap Door"
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