2020 WINNERS - POETRY
Watch the following video to see which of the four finalists below won gold, and which won silver.

Homespun Mercies
Author: DJ Hill
Publisher: Light of the Moon
ISBN: 978-1-7327909-4-0
Told through poetry and original artwork, Homespun Mercies is a journey of the soul, with each page bringing readers to a deeper realization of self.



Human-Powered Poetry from the Appalachian Trail: A Thru-hiker's Perspective
Author: Daniel "Screech" Zube
Publisher: Peter E. Randall Publisher
ISBN: 978-1-937721-77-0
Hikers will enjoy these short poems and color photographs captured at specific mile markers along the Appalachian Trail. Small enough to pack!



Save Our Ship
Author: Barbara Ungar
Publisher: The Ashland Poetry Press
ISBN: 978-0-912592-74-9
In this alphabet book of feminist and ecological resistance, #MeToo meets Global Weirding, and women do not mind their tongues, or their Ps and Qs.



the skin of dreams: new and collected poems 1995-2018
Author: Quraysh Ali Lansana
Publisher: The Calliope Group
ISBN: 978-1-7336474-0-3
the skin of dreams maps small-town Oklahoma to southside Chicago. Exploring complicated terrains of Blackness, history, and home, these poems cry, sing, scream, and see.

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