Here are our Finalists in the 2024 Slippery Elm Poetry Contest:

“The Earth Remembers Seven Sorrows” by Marjorie Maddox
“The Tragic Sense of Life” by Dante Di Stefano
“Variations on Kubler-Ross When You’re 25 and Your Boyfriend Dies” by Amy Lerman
“Repainting the Porch Railing” by Kerry Trautman
“A Charm of Goldfinches” by George Looney
“The Wedding Ring” by Lynne Schmidt
“Kandinsky’s Garden” by Eva Skrande
“Worm” by Erin Redfern
“The Day We Almost Became an Exhibit at The Great Lakes Museum” by Ari Mokdad
“Wasp” by Nicola Caroli
“Interview at the Mammoth Boneyard” by Paul Mehnert
“Denny, How Can I Know You?” by Joyce Victor

These stories have been sent to judge Paula J. Lambert and we’ll have our winner soon. Congratulations to our Finalists, and thanks to all who entered!