2022 Chapbook Prize Winner: Joshua Aiken
Winner of the 2022 Palette Chapbook Prize Joshua Aiken Read the chapbook for free here. You can …
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2023 Rising Poet Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are honored to share with everyone the winners and finalists of the 2023 Rising Poet Prize! Please join us in congratulating these remarkable poets. Winners were selected by Maggie Smith.
ON OUR BIRTHDAY, LORRAINE HANSBERRY & I DISCUSS SUNLIGHT
“O, Lorraine, I have / Been called strange & fruity, too: melon & / Lemon. Apple, mango, pine, cherry.”
Scorched Earth
By Tiana Clark
“Am I allowed / to conjure the possibility of pain to protect / myself from the pain?”
A Fairy Tale of Blackboyhood
“I sometimes long for watered-down brown tresses that know to bow to the comb’s might.”
2023 Previously Published Poem Prize: Winners & Finalists
We are pleased to announce the winners, finalists, and longlist for the 2023 Previously Published Poem Prize! Please join us in congratulating these brilliant poets. Deep gratitude to all who shared their work with us. The winning poems were selected by Palette editors and will be published in April.
Elk Lake, MI
By Caroline New
“I speak too much of apocalypse says my new love, / to whom I cannot admit the rings of Saturn are disappearing.”
Versions of the Undefinable Other
By Shannan Mann
“15. The small god teetered in the cold galaxy like the skeleton of a star. / 16. Lord, I am frothing at the mouth.”
Security Deposit
By AE Hines
“I remember / the previous night’s rain still dripping / from his eaves, the Crape Myrtles huddled / along his street”