2019 Best Literary – Annie Ning 成都 (Chengdu) I didn’t notice2008When the sky was already greyingAnd the people were already coughingAnd although I saw everyone wearing face masksI didn’t notice I was too youngStill single digitsTo realize the big big world...
2018 Best in Literary Arts – Zoya Gurm Reactions we fit sometimes, we leak and we fold. dehydrating, offerings, soft adorations. to leave me weeping with the graces of acidity, a touch and dismiss. stability at the feet of loss. the capability, the aroma the sly...
2017 Honorable Mention – Abigail Nutter Split Brain: A love story Though my piece started as a poetic representation of Split-brain syndrome, or callosal disconnection syndrome, it split into two paradoxical levels. One level used the members of an unhealthy...
2017 Best Literary Art – Armella Poggi A The first thing I rememberIs falling in love with youAnd the second thingI rememberIs when they told usAbout the A and the G. You (person I love)Got one nucleotide (A)Instead of the nucleotide (G)In one codon (CGA)Of one...
2015 Honorable Mention – Carlina Duan Moon Pull I wrote this poem after taking a Physics of Music class at the University. We were speaking about the moon that day — specifically, about the moon’s effect on creating tides in the water. My professor mentioned...
