Winner ($200):
Maureen Alsop, “Horse at Century’s End”

Honorable Mentions:
Maureen Alsop, “Parched”
Ellen Kirvin Dudis, “The Bed in this Hotel”
Charlotte Innes, “May”
Cindy May Murphy, “A Recovering Vampire Contemplates Desire in a 24-Hour Supermarket”

Finalists:
Joe Blanda, “Out of the Garbage Endlessly Piling”
Thomas L. Conroy, “Rules of Engagement”
Gretchen Fletcher, “Record Keeping”
Jude Goodwin, “Carry on with the cheesecake”
Bobbi Dykema Katsanis, “Brother August: A Psalm”
Diane LeBlanc, “Glose: A Keyhole Remembering a Door”
Eugenia Murphy, “After Midnight”
Jordan Reynolds, “Cipher”
Alan Sullivan, “Old as Dirt”

The Honorable Mentions will be published in addition to the winner. Thank you to all the worthy poets who participated in the contest this year.