Lee Stockdale

Semifinalist, Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Competition, Fiction, 2025;

Finalist, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, “Levee,” 2025;

Semifinalist, Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition, “Bronxville,” 2025;

Winner, Whitefish Review Montana Prize for Humor, “Depression Bus,” 2025;

Second Place, The Prose Poem Annual Competition, “Peacocks,” 2024;

Best Local Poet, Asheville, North Carolina Mountain Xpress, 2024;

International Merit Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition, “One-Act Play,” 2024;

Honorable Mention, Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition, “Moving Sidewalk,” 2024;

Highly Commendable, Desmond O’Grady International Poetry Competition, “Levee,” 2023;

First Prize, United Kingdom National Poetry Prize, “My Dead Father’s General Store in the Middle of a Desert,” 2023;

Honorable Mention, North Carolina Poetry Society Poetry of Courage Contest, “Getting to the Bottom of It,” 2022;

Honorable Mention, JungNC Poetry Contest, “Movie Theater,” 2021;

Longlist Finalist, United Kingdom National Poetry Competition, “Limousines,” 2021;

Finalist, North Carolina State Poetry Competition, “Unforeseen Consequences of Cremation,” 2020;

Longlist Finalist, United Kingdom National Poetry Competition, “Smell of New Lumber,” 2019;

Longlist Finalist, Christopher Smart Poetry Prize, book-length collection, “Stranger Calling,” 2019;

Honorable Mention, May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, book-length collection, “Stranger Calling,” 2018;

Semifinalist, Red Wheelbarrow, “One of the Girls Was Nadine Piowati and I Believe I Loved Her,” “Assassin,” 2018;

Third Prize, Anthony Abbott Poetry Contest, “Making It Look Easy,” 2016;

Third Prize, Isothermal Community College Poetry Contest, “Back-Up Plan,” 2015;

Honorable Mention, Isothermal Community College Poetry Contest, “Journalist Wind,” 2015;

Honorable Mention, National League of American Pen Women, John Keats Soul-Making Poetry Contest, “Cyclone Bees,” 2014;

First Prize, Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition, “The Barn,” 2013