Award Winners

A Brief Eschatological Investigation
Erika Meitner

Noise Cancelling
Devon Walker-Figueroa

Moon. Eleanor Eleanor. Oil on canvas. 2018
Kathryn Cowles

Milk
Meredith Stricker

Psalm
Natalie Eilbert

Little Deprivation in the Big North Woods
Melissa Crowe

Yeet the Rich
Marcus Wicker

Finalist

Janine Joseph

Oak
Atsuro Riley

Finalists

Chloe Honum

Andrew Seguin

The Goddess of Cleaning
Teri Ellen Cross Davis

an excerpt from To Red Dust (II)
JinJin Xu

Finalists

Teri Ellen Cross Davis

Julia Guez

Helena Mesa

Elizabeth Scanlon

Reading Emily Dickinson in Amherst Massachusetts
David Keplinger

The Empire of Light
Michael Dumanis

Migration Patterns
Melissa Studdard

Doctrine of Signatures
Traci Brimhall

Finalists

Tyler Mills

JinJin Xu

Housework
Sarah Gridley

Finalists

Hadara Bar-Nadav

James Davis May

CURRICULUM
Ari Banias

Finalists

Adam O. Davis

Heather Green

At Times My Body Leans Toward Loss
Kelli Russell Agodon

Finalist

Michael Dumanis

The Rio Grande
Cecily Parks

Finalists

Michael Dumanis

M. Soledad Caballero

ORACLE
Ari Banias

Finalist

Atsuro Riley

ONCE, I PRAYED IN THE WATER
Sara Henning

Interstice
Nancy Chen Long

Mis/conception
Nickole Brown

Finalists

Rae Armantrout

Jacqueline Jones LaMon

The Depletions
Sarah Gridley

Finalists

Jenny Browne

Wayne Miller

The Newspapers
Kevin Prufer

Finalists

Sandra Meek

James Richardson

Interior with a Woman Peeling Oranges, Snapping Beans
Molly Spencer

Finalists

Benjamin Paloff

Kevin Prufer

Obit
Victoria Chang

Finalists

Malachi Black

Deborah Landau

Atsuro Riley

All Stars Are Lights, Not All Lights Are Stars
Brian Tierney

Finalists

Catherine Imbriglio

Cate Lycurgus

Fourth of July
Elizabeth Knapp

SILK NOR SAY
Bill Carty

Finalists

Julia Thacker

Jane Wong

Ganymede
Jericho Brown

Finalists

Beth Bachmann

Rachel Zucker

As a Human Being
Jericho Brown

Finalists

Catherine Imbriglio

Christina Pugh

Correspondence
Marie La Viña

Finalists

Beth Bachmann

Kai Carlson-Wee

Aidan Forster

Brian Tierney

Dress (Aurora Borealis)
Hadara Bar-Nadav

REQUIEM
Jill Osier

an excerpt from 903
Heather Altfeld

Finalists

Elizabeth Jacobson

Taije Silverman

The Porch Roof's Sky Blue Ceiling
Kathleen Winter

Ed Smith
James Davis May

Devotional (after a Muslim Prayer)
Philip Metres

I Love You More than All the Windows in New York City
Jessica Greenbaum

Finalists

Michael Dumanis

James Haug

Heritage
Kaveh Akbar

The Bell System
Adam O. Davis

Finalists

Shara Lessley

Purvi Shah

Erin Redfern

Metta Sáma

Wretches
Bridget Lowe

Finalists

Stephanie Ford

Katy Lederer

American Self-Portrait
Dean Rader

Finalists

Nina Puro

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Watch
James Richardson

Finalists

Kevin Prufer

Anna Ross

Chase Twichell

On Sundays
Julia Alvarez

Look for Raven Pairs Flying in a Pre-Mating Ritual
Karen Skolfield

Finalists

J. C. Todd

Jonathan Weinert

Orycteropus afer (Antbear), Kalahari
Sandra Meek

Finalists

Adam O. Davis

Sara Henning

The People Who Feel No Pain
Jenny Browne

Finalists

Dean Rader

Rob Schlegel

Mitchell Untch

On Pockets
Ari Banias

Finalists

Jared Stanley

Lee Upton

Wild Asparagus
David Welch

Finalists

Janet McAdams

G. C. Waldrep

Hickey
Dore Kiesselbach

Finalists

Philip Metres

Sara Miller

We grew up hearing war stories
Gary Young

Finalists

Meena Alexander

Jane Wong

Traveler
Timothy Donnelly

Finalists

Shane Book

Katy Lederer

Dana Levin

Death is Death
Tom Thompson

Finalists

Meghan Kemp-Gee

Leslie Williams

Pantoum
Meghan Kemp-Gee

Finalists

Kathryn Cowles

Phillis Levin

Greg Wrenn

Finalists

Heather Cousins

Jacquelyn Pope

Vikings Did Not Have Horns On Their Helmets
Ted Mathys

Poem Half Aubade Half Nocturne
Micah Bateman

Finalists

Bruce Bond

Andrea Carter Brown

Because I didn't speak Japanese
Gary Young

Finalists

Bruce Bond

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Sweet Insurgent
Elyse Fenton

Finalists

Lia Purpura

The Lady and the Unicorn
Paula Bohince

Finalists

Jamaal May

Lucy Ricciardi

HERTZSPRUNG-RUSSELL
Carol Light

Finalist

C. E. Perry

Fly
Jennifer Maier

Socket
Lily Brown

Finalists

Wayne Miller

Shadow Puppets
Greg Wrenn

Finalists

Justin Boening

Diana Khoi Nguyen

Suji Kwock Kim

Finalist

A GROUNDING FOR THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS
Jehanne Dubrow

Finalists

Sophie Cabot Black

Wayne Miller

Kevin Prufer

Suji Kwock Kim

Finalists

Rebecca Morgan Frank

Mary Morris

Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl
Lise Goett

LARCENY—LEGACY—
Eva Heisler

Finalists

Sara Henning

Dawn Lonsinger

THE CENTER OF WORTHWHILE THINGS
Darcie Dennigan

Finalists

Heather Green

Peter Jay Shippy

THE GUITAR
Patrick Phillips

Finalists

David Roderick

Leslie Williams

THE BOOK OF MATTHEW
Kerri Webster

muse of arms
Beth Bachmann

Finalists

Lily Brown

Liz Countryman

Allison Benis White

AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE
Suji Kwock Kim

Finalists

Hadara Bar-Nadav

Rebecca Morgan Frank

Leslie Williams

IN THE BEGINNING
Kathy Nilsson

LOVE CONTINUES IN THE BODY
Marlene Rosen Fine

FROM SESTINALA
Karla Kelsey

LAMENT
Ira Sadoff

SNOW WHIPPETS
Sandra Stone

JURAMENTADO
Rebecca Morgan Frank

Cochiti Lake, 1989
Sawnie Morris

IN ME AS THE SWANS
Leslie Williams

THE MISSING MAN
Richard Robbins

FROM THE NINE SENSES
Melissa Kwasny

PARLIAMENT PASSES THE INCLOSING LANDS ACT, 1809
Susan Kinsolving

A PRAYER (O CITY— )
Wayne Miller

PICTOGRAPH: BIZARRE ANTHROPOMORPH, OFTEN WITH INTERIOR BODY DECORATIONS
Melissa Kwasny

ASSEMBLED FROM THE SCRIPT: BATAILLE
Rusty Morrison

THE TAILOR OF AL HAMDANIYAH
Eliot Khalil Wilson

LIGHTNING EASED: DREAM
Joanie Mackowski

Moth Ark
Brian Henry

[THE CHILD"S CRY IS A LIGHT THAT COMES ON IN THE HOUSE,]
Wayne Miller

I AND THOU
Christina Pugh

H

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
Theresa Sotto

THE BEAN FIELD
Jocelyn Emerson

NORTHWEST PASSAGE
James Richardson

FROM JOURNAL: RAI'UT COMA WARD, TEL AVIV-YAFFO, JULY 2003
Yerra Sugarman

PIER LIFE
Ed Skoog

AMERICAN NOCTURNE
Wayne Miller

PLEASE ADVICE STOP
Rusty Morrison

THE ASSASSINATION LECTURE
Wayne Miller

FRANKENSTEIN'S FLOWERS
Charlene Fix

IN THE ANATOMICAL MUSEUM
Nicole Cooley

FROM SKY CLUTCHES ANY STRONG BEAT
Rusty Morrison

VALLE D'AOSTA
Alice Jones

RECOVERY
Lynn Knight

WHO IS JOSQUIN DES PREZ
G. C. Waldrep

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Kevin Prufer

FROM CYCLORAMA
Daneen Wardrop

DICKINSON'S DAY LILIES
Lee Upton

Every Apple, Every Dreamer, Every Prime
G. C. Waldrep

AND THOUGH SHE BE BUT LITTLE, SHE IS FIERCE
Lee Upton

THE BOOK OF PROPS
Wayne Miller

ENCLOSURE
Mary Jo Bang

Battery Townsley
G. C. Waldrep

HATE POEM
Julie Sheehan

LAMENTATION
Jason Schneiderman

POSTCARDS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE
Fritz Ward

ascension in the initial v
Carol Ciavonne

DEAR SAPPHO
Wayne Miller

TERROR
Chana Bloch

THE PASTOR
Kevin Prufer

THE SHADOW BENEATH MY CORPSE IS ALWAYS
John McKernan

BRAIN DEATH
Kevin Prufer

WHY I PAINT CHAIRS
Lynn Veach Sadler

THE CAT
Alan Michael Parker

QUARANTINE
Brian Henry

OLD GIRL: SELF-PORTRAIT IN WOOL
Susan Terris

TRISTAN & ISOLDE: THE 1981 SEATTLE OPERA POSTER
John Glowney

HISTORY OF EXPRESSION
Rusty Morrison

THE BEAUTY ZONE
Mary Ann Samyn

VIATICA 1
Andrew Zawacki

BLUE SKIES
Shira Dentz

PICKING UP A JOB APPLICATION
Minne Bruce Pratt

MASQUERADE
Andrew Zawacki

THE RISE OF ROME
Kevin Prufer

THIS SENTENCE
Margo Berdeshevsky

EVE SPEAKS
Jan Heller Levi

FLYING INFORMATION
Angie Estes

He wheeled a corpse into the narrow furnace
Gary Young

HUMAN_HEADED BULL BELOW EMPTY SPACE
Mary Jane Nealon

RHAPSODY
Angie Estes

HAND MIT RINGEN
Glori Simmons

THE POWER OF IN THE AGE OF
Brian Henry

SEIZE
Alice Jones

BOUNDARIES OF SEEING
Jeffrey Franklin