OCTOBER 2019: CONTEST ISSUE. Cover Art: Fifties Graffiti by Louis Stettner, 1954, black and white photograph, 24 x 30 cm.
InTRODUCING THE WINNER: Quinn Lewis
Kim Addonizzio, Contest Judge
Quinn Lewis
Winner of the 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Kristy Bowen
The Farm Boss’s Beautiful Daughter
Mid-America
Sonnet for the Roof of the Mouth
Vita Nuova
I Name Her Aftermath
Night Walk
Sara Fetherolf
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Louis Stettner; images © Estate of Louis Stettner
Alchemy Lesson
This Is a Story About a Heist
Mulberry
Heartsease
Diamonds and Toads
Foreclosure
Ellen Kombiyil
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Maiko Kikuchi
Sugarfruit: 1. Feast
Sugarfruit: 2. Treasure
Sugarfruit: 3. Dip
Sugarfruit: 4. Pancakes
Sugarfruit: 5. Haircut
Sugarfruit: 6. Coda
Jennie Malboeuf
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Julie Farstad
every time you type moth, you type mother
Environment
Etymology of Gun
No ideas but in objects
Culling
Vanitas
Alexandra Mattraw
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Adam Thorman
Note: Due to formatting, these poems are best viewed on a desktop display
We Are Biologically Responsible
Neurodivergent (1)
Neurodivergent (2)
Neurodivergent (3)
Neurodivergent (4)
Neurodivergent (5)
The Test, 1934
Twila Newey
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Sherrie-Leigh Jones
Estuary of the Possible
here and back again
Portrait of the Body as Light & Shadow
Liquid Cartography
Syllabus for Midlife
Cara Waterfall
Finalist, 2019 Coniston Prize
Artwork by Nuits Balneaires
Au Zoo d'Abidjan/At the Abidjan Zoo
I. Still Life with Animals
II. Lions’ Lament
III. The Lioness’ Prayer
IV. Ode to Two Hyenas
V. Elephant Memory
VI. The Warden’s Evening Contemplation