What Dancing Is | Trish Lindsey Jaggers
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest
Trish Lindsey Jaggers of Bowling Green, Kentucky for “What Dancing Is”
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poetry prize
Tell the Bees | Kevin Swanwick
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest
Kevin Swanwick of Walden, New York for “Tell the Bees”
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Poem of the Week Awards | 2025
Winners and Finalists of our Poem of the Week Awards!
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I Can’t Feel the War | Jed Myers
NMW Winner | Poem of the Week Contest
Jed Myers of Seattle, Washington for “I Can’t Feel the War”
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Hope | Kathy McGoldrick
NMW Winner | America, One Year from Now Writing Contest
Kathy McGoldrick of Ellicottville, New York for “Hope”
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Tomorrow, a Different Universe | kerry rawlinson
58th NMW Award for Poetry.
kerry rawlinson of of Peachland, Canada for “Tomorrow, a Different Universe”
As we navigate this new age of strangeness, “Tomorrow, A Different Universe,” offers a beautiful balm, a hopeful signpost, and a loving reminder to direct our gaze to the infinite tomorrow.
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Lazarus at Seven AM | Partridge Boswell
NMW Fear Award
Partridge Boswell of Woodstock, Vermont for “Lazarus at Seven AM”
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One on One | Jed Myers
57th NMW Award for Poetry.
Jed Myers of Seattle, Washington for “One on One”
Oh, the adventures we would have, and the wondrous things I would show you…if only I were young again and you were still here with me.
Reader, do longings like these rattle around in your heart? Then this poem is for you.
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