54th NMW Award for Begats. Damen O’Brien of Brisbane, Australia for “Begats”
From tadpoles to the endless lineage of Eve, O’Brien’s poem teems with primal imagery, a splendorous reminder that within each of us lies infinity, a poem within a poem.
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54th NMW Award for Nonfiction. Patrick Wilkens of Halifax, Vermont for “Without a Hitch”
On the perils and pleasures of asking for help and trusting humanity to deliver you safely, when everything might ride on catching that next ride.
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54th NMW Award for Fiction. Carrie Grinstead of Los Angeles, California for “Ghost Story”
Which is scarier…the ghost in your backyard or the ones in your heart? Grinstead’s haunting tale has both, and plenty else to terrify. “Ghost Story” will hold you in its grip long after you’ve finished reading.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 54th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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54th NMW Award for Flash Fiction. Amina Gautier of Chicago, Illinois for “Persephone”
Gautier’s story digs in sharp and deep, rooting through mythological narrative to explore the dual natures of light and dark, and the transformational powers awaiting those brave enough to unearth them.
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53rd NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Janine Kovac of Oakland, CA for “Dancing on the Blade”
An essay on the worth of all humans, and of the healing power of taking up space and reminding those who need to hear it most: You are Beloved.
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53rd NMW Award for Poetry.
A. E. Wynter of St. Paul, Minnesota for “To the protesters on Vandalia”
A poem to remind us that the fight is far from over.
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53rd NMW Award for Fiction.
It’s easy to forget there are places small and remote enough to have escaped the inexorable pull of “progress”… places that still bow to laws and customs all their own. Easy, too, to underestimate just how strong the clutches of those places can be.
Part ode to, part interrogation of the Southern Gothic genre, Goff’s story is here to remind us that though we may be done with the past, the past is seldom done with us.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 53rd New Millennium Writing Awards!
New Millennium Writing Awards 53 | 2022 Read More »
53rd NMW Award for Flash Fiction.
This affectionate and delightful tale reminds us that to offer true love and support, we must sometimes be willing to throw off the shackles of logic.
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