Eleventh Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

HANNAH PERRIN KING
Addendum and Other Poems

SECOND PLACE

GBENGA ADESINA
I Carried My Father Across the Sea

THIRD PLACE

REBEKAH DENISON HEWITT
Karyotype and Other Poems

FINALISTS

Sarah Burke

Break Room

Armen Davoudian

Holy Defense and Other Poems

Robert Farrell

If the River Was Whiskey, If I Was a Duck

J. P. Grasser

Another Pastoral

Elizabeth Hoover

The Archive Is All in Present Tense and Other Poems

C. X. Hua

Lilacs

Kira Jan

North to Natoma and Other Poems

A. D. Lauren-Abunassar

Harvest and Between Hospital Visiting Hours

Ae Hee Lee

Narcissus

Lee Colin Thomas

Cooking Pasta for My Parents

And Don’t Miss:

The Fall 2019 Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Contest closes Nov. 30. Please see the Guidelines.

The 30 Below Contest, with $3,550 in prizes.
Contest closes Nov. 17. Please see the Guidelines.