Announcing the Winners of the 2023 Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 WD Poetry Awards!
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2023 Writer's Digest Poetry Awards! Read the winning poem and an interview with the first place winner, Spencer Chang, in the July/August 2024 issue of Writer's Digest.
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1. “Songs of Gideon” by Calloway Song
2. “Passeridae” by Julie Novak-McSweeney
3. “For Lot's Wife (A Parable of Fame)” by Judith Chibante
4. “Rain After a Drought” by Chuck Collins
5. “Ode to my Octopus Dilemma” by Simone Lyon
6. “Says the Witch” by Chrystina Hanson
7. “Ode to Edward Hopper's Hodgkin's House” by Suellen Wedmore
8. “The Summit” by Stuart Sheppard
9. “Let the World Fall” by M. K. Wessel
10. “Francis” by J.W. Rose
11. “Ballet” by Alison Luterman
12. “Harlem Noir” by Ryan Files
13. “Sitting in the Old House - Part Two” by Erin Callaway
14. “When We Were Magical” by Victoria Mary Fach
15. “Tied in Knots” by Laura Teste
16. “October Light” by Dennis Todd
17. “My Son Gets an ‘M’” by Lee Varon
18. “Soul Returned Home” by Lila Drowos
19. “The Journey” by Michelle Smith
20. “I Remember You” by Stuart Forrest
21. “How to interview for a job after Jamaica Kincaid’s ‘Girl’” by S.M. Ward
22. “Free Advice” by Adrienne Parkhurst
23. “An Elderly Man” by Ron Speer
24. “At the local coffee shop” by SL Fogleman
25. “Half Price” by Yingchao Xiao
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