Ninth Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

RAVEN LEILANI
Grind and Carnivora


SECOND PLACE

TROY JOLLIMORE
Free Huey P. Newton with Every Purchase
and Other Poems


THIRD PLACE

MILO GALLAGHER
Watching the Foxes


FINALISTS

Bruce Bond
The Arctic Variations

Isabella DeSendi
America’s First Female Muslim Judge

Maggie Millner
Cavitation

Faisal Mohyuddin
Elegy for Vaishno Das Bagai

K. T. Landon
Why I Don’t Want to Live Forever

Emily Van Kley
Hunting Season

Corey Van Landingham
Field Trip


And Don’t Miss:

The Spring Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Entry Deadline: July 31, 2025.