Literary Awards

55th NMW Award for Poetry.
David Sloan of Brunswick, Maine for “Lines in Algonquin”

Sloan’s “Lines in Algonquin” is a transportive meditation on primal paradoxes.
Why does experiencing Nature alone reveal one’s connection to every living thing? How can a moonless sky make us feel inconsequential yet intricately linked to every falling star? For those who could happily spend a lifetime pondering such questions, this poem is for you.

55th NMW Award for Poetry.
B. Fulton Jennes of Ridgefield, Connecticut for “Father to Son”

Tender, stirring wisdom any child would be lucky to carry with them on this journey through existence. 

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.