The Fiddlehead is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2021 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest, judged by Selina Boan, Matthew Gwathmey and Susan Musgrave! The winner of the $2000 contest prize will be announced on April 6 2022 and the winning poem will appear in the Spring 2022 issue (291). Thank you to all who entered and congratulations to the following finalists!
Contest finalists:
Lisa Baird — "Ode to the Ampersand"
Lisa Baird — "When whales went back to the water"
Kate Barss — "ghazal for the child we cannot make"
Kate Barss — "My Aunt Wants to Know When We’re Having Children"
Michael Fraser — "Things to Do around Halifax when you’re Black"
John Geddes — "Curfew"
Alexander Hollenberg — "origin story with blueberry"
Alexander Hollenberg — "the spruce crow remembers"
Ying Lee — "Attachment theory, with notes"
Marco Melfi — "The Faulty Porch Light"
Damen O'Brien — "The Stain"
Christina Shah — "they canned a good man today"
Maggie Yang — "Colors in a New World"
Maggie Yang — "Guitar Strings of Trees"
Maggie Yang — "Interlude of Bones'"
Subscribe to The Fiddlehead to enjoy the winning poem and more in our upcoming Spring issue!
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