September 2022 – Atlanta Review

We are thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Knapp’s poem “It’s Ok to Worry about the State of Britney Spears’s Mental Health” has been selected by this year’s competition judge, Steven Reigns, as the winner of the 2022 International Poetry Prize.

Of her work, Steven writes, “There’s a cleverness to this poem that could potentially alienate or verge into careless campiness, but it never goes there thanks to the balance of global awareness, sincere concern, and artful imagery.”

Elizabeth wins the Grand Prize of $1000 and publication in the Fall issue.

Congratulations to our Finalists too!

- - Stevens Amidon
  - Rhoni Blankenthorn
  - Harley Anastasia Chapman
  - Grant Chemidlin
  - Hollie Dugas
  - Therese Gleason
  - Ellen Pauley Goff
  - Norman Goodwin
  - P M F Johnson
  - Sarah Kersey
  - Hannah Lee
  - Corinne Wohlford Mason
  - karla k. morton
  - Mitchelle Mukeli
  - Veronica Patterson
  - Jennifer M. Phillips
  - Ivy Raff
  - vinode ramgopal
  - Angela Sucich
  - Jeri Theriault
  - Tanya Tuzeo
  - Isi Unikowski

We are so excited to announce the winner of the 2022 Dan Veach Prize!

Congratulations go to Edwin Williamson, for his poem, “Each D ay I Press My Ear to the Ground.”

Of his own writing, Edwin says, “My poetry often aims to blend natural and scientific concepts occurring on Earth (or off-Earth) with tender emotional experiences. I am a lifelong visual artist and musician and started writing poetry in 2018 as a freshman in college. I have always loved science but never found myself able to pursue any of the more technical fields academically. The kind of poetry I’ve been generating over the last few years, I feel, comes out as the product of what I can do as a creative individual and of what we should all be fascinated with as human beings on this planet.”

Edwin will have his poem published in the Fall 2022 issue of Atlanta Review and he wins $100 prize.

Congratulations also to our finalists!