Sandra Jackson-OpokuSpring 2023DiomedéaBy Sandra Jackson-Opoku / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / This is the moment I recall, a memory blurred by nostalgia...
Shayla FrandsenSpring 2023No, Marty is Not on InstagramBy Shayla Frandsen / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / Mom visited Marty in a dream again. In the dream, Mom was standing...
Lisa CornSpring 2023Empty DressesBy Lisa Corn / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Fiction / On his way through the city back to the old man, Ivan noticed the pattern...
Alan SincicSpring 2023The GreyhoundBy Alan Sincic / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / We all of us like to believe, now and again, when the body blooms...
Peggy L. ShrumSpring 2023From the Blind, Peruvian AmazonBy Peggy L. Shrum / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / A tree just fell. It must have been really close by; I startled...
River 瑩瑩 DandelionSpring 2023Echoes of DiasporaBy River 瑩瑩 Dandelion / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Poetry / 8:44PM, Meijia Wu the last tour bus pulls away grandmothers...
R.B. SimonSpring 2023The RockBy R.B. Simon / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Poetry / A few years after I left, they tore down the shopping mall. Gentrifying...
Nicole BuzzelliSpring 2023Love (in the Shade of Midnight Blue)By Nicole Buzzelli / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Poetry / I do not wish to be saved from solitude. Bless me with it, a kiss...
Cindy Dean JonesSpring 2023When You Used to Love MeBy Cindy Dean Jones / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / And on a day when I most desperately needed hope, when the...