2022 – Vol. VIII – Judge: Chard deNiord, Poet Laureate of Vermont
Grand Prize – $1,000 – David Sullivan for “Every Broken Thing”
Second Prize – $500 – Lucas Carpenter for “JoJo’s Snake Story”
Third Prize – $250 – Pamela Wax for “I’m Reacquainted with Death Each Morning”
2021 – Vol. VI – Judge Margaret Gibson, Poet Laureate of Connecticut.
Grand Prize – $1,000 – Susanna Lang for “Inspections”
Second Prize – $500 – Anne Casey for “Prayer-fish”
Third Prize – $250 – Margaret Chula for “Moonflower”
2020 – Volume V – Judge Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet and multiple literary award recipient.
Grand Prize: $1,000 to Laura Apol for “Twenty Years On”
Second Prize – $250 to Kate Gray for “You Never Knew”
Third Prize – $100 to Faith Shearin for “Fly Fishing the Summer After You Die
2019 – Vol. IV – Judge Tina Cane, Poet Laureate of Rhode Island
Grand Prize – $1,000 to Joannie Stangeland for “Air on Air.”
Second Prize – $250 to Anjail Rashida Ahmad for “Proof of Redemption”
Third Prize – $100 to Greg Loselle – for “Eden
2018 – Vol III – Judge Lloyd Schwartz, poet and Pulitzer prize-winning critic.
GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 James Cooper for “Driving at Night in October”
SECOND PRIZE: $250 Heather Treseler for “Shorelines”
THIRD PRIZE: $100 Timothy Martin for “Oak Tree Scarred by Lightning”
2017 – Vol II – Judge Lisa Starr, Poet Laureate of Rhode Island Emeritus
GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 Jack Cooper for “Of Longing”
SECOND PRIZE: $250 AE Hines for “Financial Advisor”
THIRD PRIZE: $100 Jed Myers for “This Day”
