Congratulations to the Semifinalists of the 2022 Poetry Contest!
We are excited to announce the 2022 Semifinalist list for the Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize! Keep an eye out for our Poetry Prize recipient announcement next week. But in the meantime, congratulations to these poets!
Jeanne Morel, “Vantage"
Sandra Fees, “Landscape with Silt & Self"
Ariel Banayan, “Five Questions Asked at a Passover Seder"
Colin Sturdevant, “ocean & far from water"
Elisávet Makridis, "Abecedarian Picnic with Yiayiá X at Blood Falls"
William Barnes, "la grace d'un vol"
Whitney Graham, “Three Strikes"
Samuel Piccone, “Forever Home"
Susan Wurtzburg, “In the Mountains"
John Sibley Williams "Pantoum for César Estrada Chávez & for the Roots, Beneath" and "This World Won't Break"
Marissa Paysinger “A Grammatical Error of Red"
Shagufta Mulla, “The Answer of Alliums"
Cora Liderbach, “Wings"
Bonnie Naradzay, “Ghazal"
Nikki Ummel, “Ophelia’s Curse: A Golden Shovel"
Suzanne Honda, “As a girl in Troy, I am no Helen"
Alyssa Ripley, “Salton Sea"
Lauren K Carlson, “Aubade"
Patricia Caspers, "I Intended to Write a Poem About the Day My Love Became a Cyborg"
Cathy McArthur-Palermo, "Such a Small Lake, Full of Us"
Ronda Broatch, "The Wild Ladders of Longing” and "How to Live on Devotion and Fried Zucchini"
Lee Varon, “Exinct"
Mara Grayson, “The Tongue That Tastes Too Much"
Stelios Mormoris “Margarita” and “Corrida"
Gina Fuchs, "I Know it’s a Dream Because I Pray Before I Eat"
M. Cynthia Cheung, " After My Daughters Tell Me They Are Learning How to Identify Animals at School"
Thank you to everyone who submitted to the contest this year. Whittling it down to this list was an impossible choice, and we appreciate everyone who sent us their work. Submissions to paid contests like these are what keep Crab Creek Review alive, both in spirit and in the very literal sense. It’s because of your submission we can continue to publish and promote writers’ work.
Jeanne Morel, “Vantage"
Sandra Fees, “Landscape with Silt & Self"
Ariel Banayan, “Five Questions Asked at a Passover Seder"
Colin Sturdevant, “ocean & far from water"
Elisávet Makridis, "Abecedarian Picnic with Yiayiá X at Blood Falls"
William Barnes, "la grace d'un vol"
Whitney Graham, “Three Strikes"
Samuel Piccone, “Forever Home"
Susan Wurtzburg, “In the Mountains"
John Sibley Williams "Pantoum for César Estrada Chávez & for the Roots, Beneath" and "This World Won't Break"
Marissa Paysinger “A Grammatical Error of Red"
Shagufta Mulla, “The Answer of Alliums"
Cora Liderbach, “Wings"
Bonnie Naradzay, “Ghazal"
Nikki Ummel, “Ophelia’s Curse: A Golden Shovel"
Suzanne Honda, “As a girl in Troy, I am no Helen"
Alyssa Ripley, “Salton Sea"
Lauren K Carlson, “Aubade"
Patricia Caspers, "I Intended to Write a Poem About the Day My Love Became a Cyborg"
Cathy McArthur-Palermo, "Such a Small Lake, Full of Us"
Ronda Broatch, "The Wild Ladders of Longing” and "How to Live on Devotion and Fried Zucchini"
Lee Varon, “Exinct"
Mara Grayson, “The Tongue That Tastes Too Much"
Stelios Mormoris “Margarita” and “Corrida"
Gina Fuchs, "I Know it’s a Dream Because I Pray Before I Eat"
M. Cynthia Cheung, " After My Daughters Tell Me They Are Learning How to Identify Animals at School"
Thank you to everyone who submitted to the contest this year. Whittling it down to this list was an impossible choice, and we appreciate everyone who sent us their work. Submissions to paid contests like these are what keep Crab Creek Review alive, both in spirit and in the very literal sense. It’s because of your submission we can continue to publish and promote writers’ work.