55th NMW Award for Poetry.
Mekiya Outini of Kansas City, Missouri for “Baptism by Earth”
At heart a love story, Outini’s brilliant work explores identity, rebirth, environmental collapse and metamorphosis, and indeed the very notion of what it means to be “a human thing.”
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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.
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55th NMW Award for Flash Fiction. Jacob Orlando for “Molten”
The unique setting of each vignette in Orlando’s “Molten” underscores a collective truth of our times. There is a fire burning through this land, flames licking at every place people turn to for comfort, solace, joy. Some will be consumed, but all will be forged by the terrible heat.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 55th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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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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