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Announcing the Winner of our Ekphrastic Poetry Contest!
We are pleased to announce the results of our Ekphrastic Poetry Contest: Seriality, Sexuality, Semiotics:
Winner: Jeanette Lynes, for "1979"
Honorable Mention: Jacques Rancourt, for "Crossed Signals"
Finalists:
Joshua Garcia, for "Self-Portrait as Three Archetypal Media Images"
torrin a. greathouse, for "Bondage Device: Cross"
Brett Hanley, for "Bondage Device: Meat Hoist
The winner will read her work at the upcoming Krannert Art Museum symposium on Hal Fischer's photography (event details TBA). The winning, honorable mention, and finalist poems will appear in Ninth Letter's Spring/Summer 2022 edition (vol. 19, no. 1), due out in May 2022.
Many thanks to all who submitted work, and a special thanks to our guest judge, Eduardo C. Corral.
Featured Writer: Willem Frederik Hermans
Special Feature: Some Books You May Have Missed!
Now Available! Volume 18, no. 1 - Spring/Summer 2021
Featuring new work from: Michael Martone, James Longenbach, Alexandria Hall, Mira Rosenthal, Ryan Choi, Alix Ohlin, Hugh Martin, and more!
This project is partially supported by the Illinois Arts Council
Current Web Edition: Summer 2021
Featuring JD Debris, Chelsea Harris, Leonore Hildebrandt, Laura Joyce-Hubbard, Jozie Konczal, Cortney Phillips Meriwether, Luisa Muradyan, Carolyn Oliver, Ploi Pirapokin, Savannah Slone, Grace H. Zhou
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