2016 Slippery Elm Prize in Poetry Finalists

We’d like to honor the rest of the finalists from this year’s Poetry contest, too! Our finalists for the 2016 Slippery Elm Prize in Poetry were: “Anatomy/Geography/Ethnography” by Audrey Gidman – winner “Sea Legs” by Benjamin Busch “Saving” by Kerry Jensen Trautman “Morning Cup” by Harriet Stratton “learning how to…

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Audrey Gidman is the 2016 poetry winner!

We’re delighted to announce Audrey Gidman as the winner of our 2016 Slippery Elm Prize in poetry! She’ll receive $1000 and publication of her poem “Anatomy/Geography/Ethnography” in our fourth issue, due out in December. Judge Jen Moore says: The twelve prose sections of Audrey Gidman’s poem “Anatomy/Geography/Ethnography” originate with the…

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Lara Lillibridge is the 2016 prose winner!

We’re thrilled to announce Lara Lillibridge as the winner of our 2016 Slippery Elm Prize in prose! She’ll receive $1000 and publication of her essay “39 Lashes: Just Write Something About Your Mother” in our fourth issue, due out in December. Final judge Courtney Maum says: “I like stories that…

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