We are so excited to announce the results of the 2019 Open Reading Period in Poetry! Congratulations to Stephanie Cawley, whose manuscript Animal Mineral has been selected for publication with YesYes Books!
Stephanie Cawley is a poet from southern New Jersey. She is the author of
A Wilderness (forthcoming 2019), winner of the Gazing Grain Chapbook Contest. Her work has appeared in West Branch, the PEN Poetry Series, Best New Poets, and DIAGRAM, among other places. She has an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh.
Thank you to all who submitted to this year's Open Reading Period. It was such a pleasure to read these manuscripts! Below are the full results:
Offered Publication:
Animal Mineral by Stephanie Cawley
Finalists:
The Linen Spells by Sara Fetherolf
Romantic Comedy by James Allen Hall
La Casa Roja by Alonso Llerena
MusicFromaBurningPiano by Jill Mceldowney
In the Antarctic Circle by Dennis James Sweeney
Semi-finalists:
Dead Shark on the N Train by Susana Case
Gentefication by Antonio Lopez
Florida Girl by Kelly Magee
Happy Hour in the Decline of Civilization by Jakob Maier
Medium Warp by Michael Oliphant
Untitled Hybrid Poetry/CNF Manuscript by Cassandra Rockwood-Rice
THE MAN GRAVE by Chris Salerno
Waterbone by Emily Tuszynska
A Forever Tickle by Sam Wein
Notes from the Edge of Naught by Suzanne Wise
