Welcome Robin Anna Smith
Judging the Poetry of Courage Award for 2021 will be Robin Anna Smith, a writer and artist whose work has earned numerous accolades, including The Touchstone Award for Individual Poems (2020), First Place in the UHTS Fleeting Words Tanka Contest (2019), and nomination for the Pushcart Prize (2018). Their work focuses on disability, gender, and […]
Honoring Bruce Lader and Introducing Kristina Erny
Our poetry of witness award is newly sponsored by Doug Stuber and has been renamed to honor Bruce Lader. Of Bruce, Doug writes, “Bruce Lader wrote a wide variety of poems of witness that addressed many issues of our day. By applying his philosophy in wry verse he helped us nervously laugh about the foibles […]
Amie Whittemore: the necessity of poetry
Part of the indomitability of human nature is our use of lightheartedness and humor as a foil to oppression. Given that, I expect we’ll get some stellar work this year for the Kennedy McIntyre Light Verse Award. Amie Whittemore will be our judge. This is her take on the role of the poet today: I […]
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