Thirteenth Annual Poetry Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

FIRST PLACE

MADELEINE CRAVENS
Saint Markella’s Cathedral and Other Poems


SECOND PLACE

HAOLUN XU
Corpse of a Living God and Other Poems


THIRD PLACE

LEILA CHATTI
Eastwood and Other Poems


FINALISTS

Rachel Edelman
Return and Other Poems

Matthew Gellman
Replica and Grand Island, Nebraska

J. P. Grasser
Worksong

Rebekah Denison Hewitt
Mobbing

Kirun Kapur
To the Grackle

A. D. Lauren-Abunassar
Homily and Other Poems

Kiran Masroor
Trip and After Star-Gazing

Lee Colin Thomas
In the Season of Facing Away

Edward Wilson
Redwoods Up the Coast and My Civil War


And Don’t Miss:

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