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Poetry

2025-2026

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.

Gold Award

Gold Award

Silver Award

Silver Award

Finalists

American Sonnet for a Disappearing Country

American Sonnet for a Disappearing Country

Writer: Veronika Gorlova

FreeFall Magazine

Tanulni Beszélni (Learning to Speak)

Tanulni Beszélni (Learning to Speak)

Writer: Tamara Aschenbrenner

Editors: Aaima Azhar & Zainab Azhar

The Polyglot

Past Winners

Silver 2025 | Kutob

WRITER: Candice Joy Oliva

EDITOR: Mila Bongco-Philipzig

The Polyglot

yaamihkinit / yiistini (shave the head of, give a haircut to) / (cut)

Gold 2025 | yaamihkinit / yiistini (shave the head of, give a haircut to) / (cut)

WRITER: Henry Heavyshield

filling Station Magazine

Gold 2024 | Dark Water

WRITER: Bruce Hunter

Freefall Magazine

Silver 2024 | Three Poems

WRITER: Omar Ramadan

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

The Polyglot

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

Silver 2022 | A Tapestry

WRITER: Brian Day

FreeFall

Gold 2022 | American Robin

WRITER : Kayleigh Cline

FreeFall

nehiyaw mîcimâpôy | indian stew

Silver 2021 | nehiyaw mîcimâpôy | indian stew

WRITER: Karrie Auger

The Polyglot

Gold 2021 | Broken Up

WRITER: Emily Riddle

Funicular

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

Gold 2020 | Lupo Mannaro

WRITER: Estlin McPhee

EDITOR: Matthew Stepanic

Glass Buffalo

Odyssea on the Train Pleads with Bartender

Silver 2019 | Odyssea on the Train Pleads with Bartender

Meredith Quartermain

filling Station

Ponderose Pine (Pinus ponderosa)

Gold 2019 | Ponderose Pine (Pinus ponderosa)

Jordan Mounteer

Glass Buffalo

Two Poems (Dear Healing Walk, Rhapsodic Trip)

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

filling Station

The Un-selfie Project

Gold 2018 | The Un-selfie Project

Austen Lee

Glass Buffalo

Silver 2017 | Bear Skin Rug

Margo LaPierre

filling Station

Gold 2017 | Three Poems

Sean Howard

filling Station

Two Short Tales

Silver 2016 | Two Short Tales

Christine Wiesenthal

Eighteen Bridges

Confessional Poem

Gold 2016 | Confessional Poem

Richard Harrison

FreeFall

Silver 2015 | Frog Lake

Erika Luckert

Glass Buffalo

Gold 2015 | But I'm no one

Weyman Chan

FreeFall

this poem is about desire

Silver 2014 | this poem is about desire

Beth Everest

FreeFall

Gold 2014 | Proof

Elizabeth Philips

Eighteen Bridges

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