Julie Schwerin 2024 Haiku Chapbook Contest Winner Julie Schwerin’s clear-eyed, sometimes gently humorous and always open-hearted haiku impart an almost cosmic sense of accord—just the balm our fraught spirits could use in these discordant times. Spending quality time...
Victor Ortiz 2024 Haiku Chapbook Contest Runner-Up “Victor Ortiz’s gone/to seed is an intimate collection of haiku and senryu that balances traditional haiku aesthetics and experimentation. Ortiz embarks on a spiritual journey examining the impact of...
Angel C. Dye Runner-up in the 5th Annual Backbone Press Chapbook Contest. Angel C. Dye is a poet, scholar of African American Literature, and the author of BREATHE (Central Square Press). She has received fellowships from The Watering Hole and Furious Flower Poetry...
D. Keali‘i MacKenzie Winner of the 5th Annual Backbone Press Chapbook Contest. Final Judge Khalisa Rae’s comments:The Mana of Salt is a beautifully executed chapbook with language that’s gripping and evocative. In many ways, the collection works as both a...
Carolyn Hall butterflies under glass concerns a closely examined life. Hall faces daily trials with clarity, wit, and wisdom. She urges readers to seek technical support in nature and human nature. Her haiku are endlessly fresh and never boilerplate. Carolyn...
