We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all the marvelous poets who submitted their work this year, and congratulations to the longlisted poets for our 2025 Terry J. Cox Poetry Award:
Lingua Franca by Pam Bernard
Strange, Nothing/Is Yet Burning by Georgia San Li
Causa Sui by Elizbeth Knapp
Blessings by Jake Young
and after the ire by Rachel Kaufman
A Fortune of Doors by Donald Levering
The Beautiful Winding by Allen Shadow
Mouthful of Prayers, Mouthful of Ash by David Sullivan
lies about the weather by Steve Lambert
Daughters of the Minotaur by Rebecca Faulkner
The winner will be announced April 15, 2025.
