2022 Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Contest Winners and Finalists
First ($500)
War Cries and Lullabies—Adisha Shaikh, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Second ($400)
White Wedding, November Rain & Other Songs for A Wedding Playlist—Sherre Vernon, Lake Elsinore, CA
Third ($300)
In water—Soonest Nathaniel, Abuja, Nigeria
Fourth ($200)
Profile in Black Update: For George—Judy SooHoo, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mentions (13 @$100)
- U.S. Route 6 —Kate Crofton, Albany, NY
- {LIKE ANY GIRL-CHILD, I NEVER WANTED TO OBEY—-} —Despy Boutris, Berkeley, CA
- ST. FRANCIS AFTER RECEIVING THE STIGMATA —Catherine Field, Carbondale, IL
- The Moon in Drag —Kelly McQuain, Philadelphia, PA
- Raising the Dead —Matt Dennison, Columbus, MS
- Dandelions —Michael Emmanuel, Lagos, Nigeria
- Griosach —Glen Wilson, Portadown, Armagh, UK
- A RIVER BURNING —Michael Imossan, Wamakko, Sokoto, Nigeria
- Home is Never Finished —Doriana Diaz, Philadelphia, PA
- In the paw of the night —Gabriel Awuah Mainoo, Accra, Ghana
- a eulogy for the girl that dies first; or, alternatively, a critique on western media on who becomes the final girl and who becomes the first corpse, and overall why I learned to hate horror movies —Lena Kim, San Jose, CA
- Still Life —Elise Forslund, Washington, DC
- Nebulous Strike in Minnesota —Nnadi Samuel, Lagos, Nigeria
Other Finalists
- Dead-Reckoning —Richard Foerster, Eliot, ME
- After Discovering Mother’s Passport —Tina Barry, High Falls, NY
- Aphasia And Other Natural Disasters —Rachel Prince, Chelmsford, MA
- Ancestors —Margaret McGowan, Schenectady, NY
- IN FOUR WINDS THE LADIES ARGUE ABOUT THEIR FUTURE WITH THE POET —Lee Pursewarden, Crescent City, CA
- Ulysses of the Bars —Mark Tarallo, Washington, DC
- Should I Not Survive the Year —Luisa M. Giulianetti, Kensington, CA
- Priestess —Lauren Scharhag, Kansas City, MO
- several meanings understood yesterday —James Cook, Manchester, NY
- The Boat, Staithes, Yorkshire —Mantz Yorke, Manchester, UK
- Traveling Through —Sarah McCartt-Jackson, Louisville, KY
- Lake Malawi —Kaelin Harris, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- Sanity Goes Bankrupt —Una May, Paris, France
- Cataloging the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa —Tom Corrado, Middleburgh, NY
- Young’s Quantum Experiment After Mass —Lee Nash, Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, France
- Old Trauma, New Culture —Shagufta Mulla, Independence, OR
- Windowsill Musings —Ellen Zhang, Troy, MI
- Morning Glories —Guy Reed, Saugerties, NY
- THE PERKS OF BEING A TAN HUA FLOWER —Susan L. Lin, Vista, CA