Sharper Than
“Honed a kind of malingering, for most of that stint – / part-response to my farm-crazed aunt’s / unsparing miserableness.”
Contest Winner
Caravaggio Fever Dream
“I regret / that I never mentioned you in my sleep, never thought / that you might want me to leave the porch light on / for a thousand saints to welcome you to my home.”
2023 Palette Chapbook Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners, finalists, and longlist of the 2023 Palette Chapbook Prize! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. The winning chapbook was selected by Danez Smith.
COUNTERPETITIONER’S SUPPORTING AFFIDAVIT
By Starr Davis
“I CERTIFY / I built a life on the run from the broken law of my body”
Confessional
“the leering eye, the doting eye, / the eye wet with love.”
Learning English in the Margins of the Masters
“What is the sound of a throat when it sings? / What is the wound of a throat when it singes?”
2023 Sappho Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners and finalists of the 2023 Sappho Prize for Women Poets! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by Evie Shockley.
Tony Reflects on Form
By Mia Kang
“Gold / leaf caught the candlelight, / flicker of god.”
Sidewalk
By Logan Klutse
“Don’t let / your body become a blade for the city / to pick its teeth with”