In fiction, our winner is Susan Bartolme, for her piece “Because It’s Yours.” This year’s fiction judge was Dantiel W. Moniz. Of the short story, she writes: “A tender and biting depiction of girlhood and the itchiness of assuming a self through the perceived gaze of others. Full of embodied, sensory details I could feel…
In poetry, our winner is Andy Chen, for his piece “Longing.” This year’s poetry judge was Porsha Olayiwola. Of the poem, she writes: “‘Longing’ manages to instill within its reader the same essence that the poem itself is after. That is, we read this poem overwhelmed in a sense of longing. The ellipses, ending or…
In nonfiction, our winner is Billy Lezra, for their piece “Mother’s Colors.” This year’s nonfiction judge was Augusten Burroughs. Of the essay, he writes: “The writer deftly brings a lifetime of trauma and fractured communication with their mother into focus with gorgeous writing and sharp details, skillfully drawing a Madrid neighborhood as a character as…
In poetry, our winner is Logan Klutse, for his poems “Bronx Operating Room” and “Learning of Conspiracy Theories that ‘the Portal to Hell Resides Beneath the Denver Airport.’” Of the poems, poetry judge Sandra Cisneros says, “This poet’s work is unpretentious, intelligent, and intriguing. It mines the personal while confronting contemporary issues. Most refreshing is…
In poetry, our winner is Logan Klutse, for his poems “Bronx Operating Room” and “Learning of Conspiracy Theories that ‘the Portal to Hell Resides Beneath the Denver Airport.’” Of the poems, poetry judge Sandra Cisneros says, “This poet’s work is unpretentious, intelligent, and intriguing. It mines the personal while confronting contemporary issues. Most refreshing is…
In nonfiction, our winner is J Lazar, for her piece “The End of What We Know.’” Of the essay, nonfiction judge Meghan O’Rourke says, “In formally exploratory and lyrical prose, the author explores the stakes—and losses—entailed in migration. If migration is the ‘end of what we know,’ the essay asks, then how can nonfiction adequately…
In fiction, our winner is Mengyin Lin, for her story “野火烧不尽/no prairie fire can destroy all the weeds.” Of the story, fiction judge Gish Jen says, “This gutsy and ambitious story nimbly ranges over five cities worldwide, chronicling the 2022 protests to China’s COVID-19 policies—a project fraught with not only political risks but artistic risks,…
In fiction, our winner is Catherine Kim, for her short story “Mache/Mary.” Of the story, fiction judge Amelia Gray says, “‘Mache/Mary’ is based on a true story, which makes its elegant storytelling all the more crucial—and satisfying. Intimacy and wit characterize the piece, which takes a winding point of view to settle on a woman…
In poetry, our winner is Giovannai Rosa, for their poem “untitled sugar poem.” Of the poem, poetry judge Chen Chen says, “I love it when a poem makes me gasp because of its language and its turns—and this one made me gasp at multiple points. Then, rereading it and realizing: of course a poem thinking…
No products in the cart.