Winner ($200):
Maureen Alsop, “Horse at Century’s End”


Honorable Mentions:
Maureen Alsop, “Parched”
Ellen Kirvin Dudis, “The Bed in this Hotel”
Charlotte Innes, “May”
Cindy May Murphy, “A Recovering Vampire Contemplates Desire in a 24-Hour Supermarket”


Finalists:
Joe Blanda, “Out of the Garbage Endlessly Piling”
Thomas L. Conroy, “Rules of Engagement”
Gretchen Fletcher, “Record Keeping”
Jude Goodwin, “Carry on with the cheesecake”
Bobbi Dykema Katsanis, “Brother August: A Psalm”
Diane LeBlanc, “Glose: A Keyhole Remembering a Door”
Eugenia Murphy, “After Midnight”
Jordan Reynolds, “Cipher”
Alan Sullivan, “Old as Dirt”


Thank you to all the worthy poets who participated in the contest this year.

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Steve Schroeder