2023 Winners

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