Announcing the winners of the 15th annual Poetry Open!
Congratulations to the finalists in the 15th annual Gemini Magazine Poetry Open! THANK YOU to everyone who entered, and to our dedicated staff readers who were key to choosing the winners.
The six winning poems and other new work will be published online in our June issue later this month.
FIRST PRIZE ($1,000)
“Motorcyclist”
by Matthew Edlund
SECOND PRIZE ($100)
“PF Flyers”
by Harper Darnell
HONORABLE MENTION ($25)
“Auntie's Freedom Dance circa 1960”
by Jeanine DeHoney
“not quite 13 ways of thinking about my kidney transplant”
by Christine Tierney
“The Wind Is a Wolf Tonight”
by Joe Kelly
“The City Devours Its Young (Minneapolis)″
by Arvind Venkat
We also wish to recognize several notable poems that, although not published in our upcoming issue, definitely caught our eye.
NOTABLE POEMS
"Sonnet for Someone I've Never Met"
Frankie Drayus
"Night Train"
Sreekanth Bhaskaran
"Neutral Zone"
Tracy Davidson
"Birthday Notification"
Benjamin Busch
"Thrift Shop Blues"
Joanne Jagoda
"Menthol Cigarettes & Sweet Iced Coffee"
Jessica Castillo
"The People's Highway"
Richard Stephens Jr.
"What If . . ."
Faye Turner-Johnson
"peeling the shallots"
Kimmy Chang
“Shane Says He Didn’t Consent to Be in My Poems”
Jendi Reiter
17th Annual Flash Fiction Contest now open
Win $1,000 and publication for a single short short story of 1,000 words or less. We are open to any subject or style, including experimental. Deadline: September 2. Entry: $8.
Read last year's winner, "Killing Time" by Robin Wilkey Gregory.
General submissions
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