2023 Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Contest Winners and Finalists
First ($600)
Kèféri—Overcomer Ibiteye, Sabon Gari, Kano State, Nigeria
Second ($400)
Jed Clampett Is A Happy Man—Cheryl A. Rice, Kingston NY
Third ($250) tie
Colours Of Recovery—Joshua Effiong, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
Red Dust—Anita Vijayakumar, Lake Forest IL
Fifth ($175)
Visiting Blood—Paul Hastings Wilson, Wallkill NY
Sixth ($150)
My Grandmother Talked to Dolls—Jessica de Koninck, Montclair NJ
Honorable Mentions (10 @$100)
- Time Constant [ y(t) = yoe-t/τ] & How I Travel Through Time—Chinedu Gospel, Ozubulu, Anambra State, Nigeria
- Abortion As Untranslated Loss—Judy Kaber, Belfast ME
- Kudzu—Michael Colonnese, Hendersonville NC
- Kata Tjuta—Richard Foerster, Eliot ME
- Pain Rating—Anna Boughtwood, Rensselaer NY
- Ghost Stories—Jodi Frank, Argyle NY
- Remember the House—Habiba Dokubo-Asari, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
- Burnham’s Dream—Susan Carroll Jewell, Schenectady NY
- IT WAS FALL AND IT WAS LONDON FOR JUST ONE NIGHT—Kait Quinn, Minneapolis MN
- I Will See You In Another Life—Onyekachi Iloh, Enugu State, Nigeria
Other Finalists
- Formosa—Jackie Chou, Pico Rivera CA
- The Mathematician’s Daughter—Tom Corrado, Middleburgh NY
- Lilies—Tina Barry, High Falls NY
- Say Grace—Howard J. Kogan, Ashland MA
- EPHEMERA—Sierra DeMulder, Albany NY
- Wonder-ridden Song Rising from The Unsteady Waters of a Dream—Omodero David Oghenekaro, Isoko South, Delta State, Nigeria
- Blown Glass—Naomi Bindman, North Bennington VT
- Rodeo Winner—Rachel R. Baum, Saratoga Springs NY
- Roe vs Wade—Anastasia Jill, Orlando FL
- Tuesdays with the Ghost—LindaAnn LoSchiavo, New York NY
- Dessert for every season—Stuti Sinha, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- “Before-rain before-fear”—M.R., Nova Kahovka, Ukraine
- Because I can’t stop thinking about kissing you—Anamika Kumari, Delhi, India
- The Streets—Kudzaishe Muvirimi (Théo), Harare, Zimbabwe
- THE POETRY ON YOUR TV DOESN’T TALK FOR ME—Bradford Middleton, Brighton, England, UK
- The Birth—Tara A. Elliott, Salisbury MD