The prize, open to writers from around the world, is sponsored by the family of Bob Sharkey.
The Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize has announced the winners, finalists and honorable mentions for their 2021 contest. The winner receives $500; the second place winner receives $400; the third place winner gets $300; while fifth, sixth and editor’s choice receives $175, $150 and $125 respectively.
Winners of the 2021 Contest:
First ($500)
Bittersweet—Marianna Boncek. Woodstock, NY
Second ($400)
GRANDMA STILL REMEMBERS MY MOTHER WELL—Marija Dejanovic, Zagreb, Croatia/Larissa, Greece
Third ($300) tie
Harbour—Virginia Boudreau, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sacrilege—Timi Sanni, Lagos, Nigeria
Fifth ($175)
A Thing Not Kept—Sarah McCartt-Jackson, Kentucky
Sixth ($150)
ADAM—Marlene M. Tartaglione, NY, NY
Editor’s Choice ($125)
Daydream—Cassandra IsFree, Norfolk, Virginia
Honorable Mentions (11 @$100)
- Long Walk to Nowhere—Obed Ebenezer. S, Kerala, India
- Aspens—Richard Foerster, Eliot, Maine
- Your Brain: A Landscape—Andra Vltavin, Portland, Oregon
- Moses at the Bridge—Emilio Iasiello, Arlington, Virginia
- Whish—Jackie Craven—Schenectady, NY
- In which the cardiologist discovers, from electrocardiography, the aetiology of my heart malfunction— Chisom Okafor, Idaw River, Enugu State, Nigeria
- blowing smoke on the wood—Tatiana Dolgushina, Unalaska, Alaska
- The Boy Achilles—Daniel Gorman, Albany, NY
- And Does the Earth Laugh? —Cameron Edwards, Fayetteville, North Carolina
- How to Hear the Voices—EJ Bowman, Orange County, California
- The Customs of Grief—Karen Craigo, Springfield, Missouri
Read the full announcement HERE
- CALL FOR SUBMISSION: Dear Yusef: Essays, Letters, and Poems For and About One Mr. Komunyakaa - May 25, 2022
- #SubmitNow: Awaiting Revolution Poetry/Essay Anthology - May 21, 2022
- The Straight Path | Adamu Yahuza Abdullah - May 20, 2022
