American Literary Review Awards, 2023 Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners, runners-up, and finalists for our 2023 American Literary Review Awards!

Poetry Contest Results, judged by Denise Duhamel

Winner:

• KT Herr, “Leitmotif with norovirus and Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride”

Runners-up:

• Jordan Hamel, “The new husbands of Michigan” (first runner-up)
• Diepreye Amanah, “Abecedarian in Which Òrìṣà Ọya Warns Nigeria of Imminent British Occupation” (second runner-up)

Finalists:

• Austin Allen, “The Last Catalogue”
• Justin Groppuso-Cook, “Waawiyaatanong: Sacrit City Where the Curved Shores Meet”
• Adriana Fernandez, “Entre Azul”
• KT Herr, “Ars poetica as / self-portrait as / opossum, then rabbit-in-a-field”
• KT Herr, “Ars poetica as / self-portrait as / human scientist”
• Sue Fagalde Lick, “Father and Mother Tongue”
• Jacob Sheetz-Willard, “Curriculum Vitae”

Essay Contest Results, judged by Dinty Moore

Winner:

• Carly Stone, “The Impressionists”

Runners-up:

• Frances Thomas, “Against Pushpin Feminism” (first runner-up)
• Veronica Silva, “Education: A Glossary” (second runner-up)

Finalists:

• Torey Akers, “Grief Litany”
• Veronique Bequin, “Malachite & Gold”
• Graham Marema, “Songwood”

Short Fiction Contest Results, judged by SJ Sindu

Winner:

• R. M. Cooper, “Neighborly”

Runners-up:

• Meghan E. O’Toole, “Awe and Wonder and Delight” (first runner-up)
• Chi Siegel, “In a Village That No One Has Ever Heard Of” (second runner-up)

Finalists:

• Jody Lisberger, “Sleeping with Skunk”
• Linda Mannheim, “This Kind of Hot”
• Suphil Lee Park, “Today’s Special at Meg York”
• Daniela Petrova, “Blood Sisters”
• Rashi Rohatgi, “Votive”
• Sandeep Sandhu, “Partition”
• Lauren Whitehurst, “Survival Instincts of Birds”