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After an extremely difficult selection process, our judges have convened, argued, read, reread, brewed coffee, read some more, slept on it, dreamt on it, discussed again in the morning and have finally made their decisions. 

Now, without further ado, what we’ve all been waiting for, please join me in congratulating Wordclay’s Poetry Contest Winners! 

Drum roll please… 

In the category of the Wordclay Single Poem Contest: 

The Grand Prize goes to Jamie Crawford for the poem, “Redemption.” 

The Runner-Up Prize goes to Daniel Bristol for his poem, “Devolutionist.” 

For a complete list of Finalists, you can now visit Wordclay’s Contest Connection or jump directly to the listed winners here. 

All the Finalists, along with Crawford and Bristol, will be featured in the upcoming Wordclay poetry anthology, tentatively titled Best Modern Voices: Words for the New Millennium: A Poetry Anthology.  

Mystro, drum roll again, please… 

And in the category of the Wordclay Book of Poetry Contest: 

The Grand Prize goes to Brenda Mirsky for her collection titled Spare Parts. 

The Runner Up Prize goes to Katherine Marie Haaheim for her collection that begins with “A Study in Personification,” pending permanent title. 

Both Mirsky and Haaheim’s books should be available within the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye out for them. Lucky for me, I get to curl up at home after work and read both of them. From what little I’ve read during my break, they seem like great collections, dare I say gems.  

Kudos to the winners and everyone who entered! If you weren’t selected this time around, you should definitely consider entering one of our upcoming contests. The Short Story and Short Story Collection contests are next on our list, so keep an eye out for the guidelines on our Contest Connection Web page.

Even if short stories aren’t exactly your forte, there will be other contests as well, and it won’t be long before another Wordclay poetry contest comes around again. 

This is Justin, blogcasting from Wordclay, signing off.