Sixteenth Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

SADDIQ DZUKOGI
Egress

SECOND PLACE

JULIA KOLCHINSKY
About Suffering and Other Poems

THIRD PLACE

BRIAN TIERNEY
This Close to Dark

FINALISTS

Cristen Aery

The Trade

Adedayo Agarau

Self-Portrait in a Dream and Other Poems

Pam Bernard

Falling

Bruce Bond

Chiaroscuro

Brian Gyamfi

The Fall and Strange Tree

Haley Laningham

Man with a Gun and a Girlfriend

Olga Mexina

Two Poems

Miguel Martin Perez

Bélizaire, Sponsored Content, and Daisies

Craig Van Rooyen

Mockingbird Ode and The News

Sandy Solomon

Shrug

And Don’t Miss:

The Winter 2025 Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Entry Deadline: March 31, 2025.