Winter 2025

Poetry

Winner of Indigenous Poetry Prize:

Megan Dorame - what blood is the salinity of saltwater?

Finalists:

Jalen R. Lee - uncle in the gleam

Kirbie Bennett - LOOK AT THE WAY THE MOUNTAINS HOLD THE SKY & THE SUN KISSES THE FACE OF THE EARTH & THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BURIED IN A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Honorable Mentions:

Hannah Henry - Ikhaiyana

Malia Maxwell - ‘Ula

D. Kealiʻi MacKenzie - Into Silence : a reverse burning haibun

Esénia Bañuelos - Subimos Coyotes (We Mount Coyotes)

Karl Michael Iglesias - Portrait of the Varginha, Brazil UFO Incident

Micaela Raen - Moondancer