Poetry

2023-2024

Articles in this category include any work of poetry first published by the magazine. A collection of up to three poems by the same author, all published in the same issue, may also be entered in this category.

Finalists

Triptych of Poems: Beautiful Hands, Peaches, and Sabrina

Triptych of Poems: Beautiful Hands, Peaches, and Sabrina

WRITER: Karli Woods

The Prairie Journal

Departure

Departure

WRITER: dee Hobsbawn-Smith

Freefall Magazine

Dark Water

Dark Water

WRITER: Bruce Hunter

Freefall Magazine

Making Peanut Butter Toast

Making Peanut Butter Toast

WRITER: Gavin Doyle

Funicular

A Black Hand Revisits

A Black Hand Revisits

WRITER: Bertrand Bickersteth

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Three Poems

Three Poems

WRITER: Omar Ramadan

EDITORS: Adriana Onita, Catalina Morales Velez, Ewa Kolacz, Maria Teodora Barbu, Tariq Malik

The Polyglot

Past Winners

Poem for a Crescent Moon

Silver 2013 | Poem for a Crescent Moon

Richard Harrison

FreeFall

Rothko via Muncie, Indiana

Gold 2013 | Rothko via Muncie, Indiana

Karen Solie

Eighteen Bridges

this poem is about desire

Silver 2014 | this poem is about desire

Beth Everest

FreeFall

Proof

Gold 2014 | Proof

Elizabeth Philips

Eighteen Bridges

Frog Lake

Silver 2015 | Frog Lake

Erika Luckert

Glass Buffalo

But I'm no one

Gold 2015 | But I'm no one

Weyman Chan

FreeFall

Two Short Tales

Silver 2016 | Two Short Tales

Christine Wiesenthal

Eighteen Bridges

Confessional Poem

Gold 2016 | Confessional Poem

Richard Harrison

FreeFall

Bear Skin Rug

Silver 2017 | Bear Skin Rug

Margo LaPierre

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Three Poems

Gold 2017 | Three Poems

Sean Howard

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Two Poems (Dear Healing Walk, Rhapsodic Trip)

Silver 2018 | Two Poems (Dear Healing Walk, Rhapsodic Trip)

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The Un-selfie Project

Gold 2018 | The Un-selfie Project

Austen Lee

Glass Buffalo

Odyssea on the Train Pleads with Bartender

Silver 2019 | Odyssea on the Train Pleads with Bartender

Meredith Quartermain

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Ponderose Pine (Pinus ponderosa)

Gold 2019 | Ponderose Pine (Pinus ponderosa)

Jordan Mounteer

Glass Buffalo

Dream where I curate an exhibit in my childhood home la Jilava

Silver 2020 | Dream where I curate an exhibit in my childhood home la Jilava

WRITER: Adriana Onita

EDITOR: Matthew Stepanic

Glass Buffalo

Lupo Mannaro

Gold 2020 | Lupo Mannaro

WRITER: Estlin McPhee

EDITOR: Matthew Stepanic

Glass Buffalo

nehiyaw mîcimâpôy | indian stew

Silver 2021 | nehiyaw mîcimâpôy | indian stew

WRITER: Karrie Auger

The Polyglot

Broken Up

Gold 2021 | Broken Up

WRITER: Emily Riddle

Funicular

A Tapestry

Silver 2022 | A Tapestry

WRITER: Brian Day

FreeFall

American Robin

Gold 2022 | American Robin

WRITER : Kayleigh Cline

FreeFall

Gull Lake / Calgary Pigeon Racing Club

Silver 2023 | Gull Lake / Calgary Pigeon Racing Club

WRITER : David Martin

Funicular

An Origin Story

Gold 2023 | An Origin Story

WRITER: Mary Vlooswyk

FreeFall