Genre: Poetry
The Written Image: Ephemeral Altars

Flower Conroy’s elaborate three-dimensional installations, fashioned from found and crafted objects, masterfully evoke the spirit of each book the artist chooses and carefully communicate her reverence for literature.
Poetry Prize
Emerging Writer’s Contest
Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award
Dismantling the Mother Shelf: Expanding Our Thinking About Women’s Stories of Parenthood

Books centering mothers are often lumped into one category by the publishing industry, flattening the nuanced and varied experiences of this group into a one-size-fits-all niche. A memoirist asks the industry to do better.
Editor’s Prizes
Poetry International Prize
Small Press Points: Sundress Publications

Originally an umbrella site for literary journals, this book publisher looks to the wider writing community for inspiration, camaraderie, and collaborators in the art that it makes and promotes.
Levis Prize in Poetry
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