The 2019 Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 WD Poetry Awards!
From around 1,000 entries, WD editors selected the following 25 poems as winners of the 2019 Writer's Digest Poetry Awards.
1. “Lullaby” by Nancy Shea
2. “Sister Anne at St Isaac’s Retreat House – Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand” by Terri Ashton
3. “Poetry Submission Guidelines” by Yiskah Rosenfeld
4. “ghosts” by Katelyn Grimes
5. “Medio Mudo” by Joe Frye
6. “Slack” by Erica Hostetler
7. “Choose Some Other Language, Dear” by Harvey Soss
8. “Mojave” by Ron Santos
9. “In a Thimble of My Spit” by Suellen Wedmore
10. “Dawn Moonset – Sunset Crater” by Mel Konner
11. "Revival" by Ambrin McBrinn
12. "Message From the Authentic" by Laura Miller
13. "about walking on a typewriter, like walking through a graveyard" by Jack Robertson
14. "The Murex" by Pat Anthony
15. "Byron Anamnesis" by Aria Ligi
16. "Elephants for Sheila" by Mary Ann Unger
17. "Supplies" by Eddie Sullivan
18. "Leviathan" by Jordan Shields
19. "An Abecedarian for the Opposite of Wanderlust" by Arista Engineer
20. "Going after mistletoe" by Jody Serey
21. "#32" by Jack Robertson
22. "A Joyful Noise" by Harvey Soss
23. "Kxai-kxai Dawn" by Mel Konner
24. "My Father's Pencil" by Beverly Magovern Lyon
25. "Little Town, Texas" by Justine Lockhart
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
