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