Ain’t No Word But Lonely by Rachel A. Levine

1st place ($5000)

Cicada by Dean Gessie

2nd place ($1900)

Tertulian’s Law by Tia Levings

3rd place ($950)

The Mother of all Defiance by Mimi Broihier

4th place ($620)

Close to the Body by Sarit Elkon

5th place ($320)

Run by Róisín Leggett Bohan

6th place ($125)

The Hope Chest by Gloria Wilson

7th place ($125)

Through the Lens by Janelle Ward

8th place ($125)

Create it Away by Katie Danis

9th place ($125)

Janus Alturas by Krisann Gentry

10th place

Two beers & a Hat by Nick Janecki

11th place

Dust by Christina Moore

12th place

In Two Parts by Rachel Schollmeier

13th place

Jail Bird by Brandi Kehl

14th place

961. Woodbury, GA by Tondrika Hayes

15th place

She Sees It by Glenn Cates

16th place

Moses Flyingbird by Michael Dickel

17th place

Dog Days and Pink Hydrangeas by Caroline E. Farrell

18th place

The Voices in our Head by Stephen Youmans

19th place

Whale Song by Dale Dapkins

20th place