Announcing the 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry Shortlist!

The Top Ten

‘Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.‘ ~ Anne Sexton

Congratulations to the shortlisted poets for the 2023 Magpie Award for Poetry, each of whom shone in their own exuberant way.

Catherine Lewis for ‘How I Earned My Queer Card’

Catherine Lewis for ‘Brideprice’

Charlene Kwiatkowski for ‘Mountain View Cemetery’

Claire (no last name given) for ‘traffic’

Claire Lawrence for ‘octopus boy in winter’

Jacqueline Pearce for ‘Kintsugi’

Justina Elias for ‘Inspiration’

Justina Elias for ‘Sandwich’

Mark Cameron for ‘Perimeters’

Tony Peyser for ‘Way To Go, Dad’

The winner and two runners-up, chosen by final judge Renée Sarojini Saklikar, will be revealed here tomorrow, Monday, May 15th.

Thank you to all submitting poets for sharing your words and supporting Pulp Literature!

For your chance to appear in the magazine — and to win $300! — enter the 2023 Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize, open until June 15th.

For all the details, and to enter, visit the contest page.

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