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“Mother Never Dies” by Basudev Sunani
Man dies but Mother never. / She is always present, in the eyes when alive / and at the end, in the chest.
“Before Windmill Hill” by Oliver Smith
She renamed herself soil and bone and lay / fire stained from the kiln; earth stained from the clay.
“When You Ask Me for Levity” by Tania Chen
I pray they'll take my soul with them. Virgencita, Virgen de Guadalupe or, if she fails me, Santa Muerte ven por mí, no me dejes morir sola aquí
“Self-portrait with Xylem” by Joshua Effiong
What do you make of a boy whose / framework was fashioned by all the / women in him?
“An Orphaned Clothesline” by Debasish Mishra
The clothesline admits the secrets / and resets to a tabula rasa / the dance of democracy / to the tunes of the breeze / where every cloth gets / an equal share of the sun
“White Card” by Mira Mookerjee
In Farhad’s dream, he was back with his mother, his head in her lap, hearing her sing his favorite lullaby
“PORTRAIT IN WATERCOLOR / the inhabitants of houses” by Ave Jeanne Ventresca
like large buffalo, we tend to together stand, / in graveyards where silence is the home. / now, relying on weeds and thick roots / to support our heavy skulls.
“I Met America” by Uzomah Ugwu
I met America and she said I didn’t / Look American to her. So I should leave.
“Kindergarten in Russia” by Robert Pettus
The walls were paper-thin. The parents kept their ears perked; they listened to the entirety of every lesson... It’s a bizarre atmosphere, teaching Kindergarten in Russia
Award Nominees
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2025
“The Right to Sit Crooked” by Đặng Thân, Vietnam;
“The Weight of Inheritance” by Irene W. Collins, Nigeria;
“On Walking a Crosscut From Girlhood to Womanhood” by Bella Victor Nigeria;
“The Homeless” by Mohsen Hosseinkhani (translated by Tahereh Safaei), Iran;
“The Ones Who Stayed Behind” by Amal Hasan, Jordan;
“Feathers” by Jess A, United States.
2024
“Instruction Manual: Sheets of Desire” by Miriam Calleja, Malta;
“The Hollow” by Pacella Chukwuma-Eke, Nigeria;
“To Bury A Curious Girl” by Amirah Al Wassif, Egypt;
“Savio” by Rigel Portales, Philippines;
“Nani’s Chai” by Navin Desai, United States;
“Fifteen” by Ana Reisens, Spain
2023
Edward Edmond Eduful, Ariana Lee, Mackenzie Duan, Alyza Taguilaso, Marcus Ugboduma and Simon Thaddeus Tsaga
2022
Joanna Cockerline, Alex Stein, AlfredoSalvatore Arcilesi, Luiza Louback, Joshua Effiong, Kristin W. Davis
2021
Laneikka Denne, Kalpna Singh-Chitnis, Sunday Obiageli, Esther Iyanuoluwa, Dean Gessie, Ashley Sophia
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2025
“Should You Trust a Fish” by Wyley Fröhlich Jungerman
“These Dark Summer Days” by Julio Puente García
“Men Who Are Strong” by Jon Negroni
2024
“Chamelemom” by Nathaniel Spencer-Cross;
“Green Door” by Kathleen Hellen;
“Quaking” by Kimberly W. Heiman
2023
Tyler Hein, Hec Lampert-Bates, Lena Petrović, Kashvi Ramani
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2025
“The Dead Frog in My Garden” by Twisha Patel
“Between Onlys and Somewheres” by Jozsef Cariste
2024
“Red Red Roses” by Jadi Campbell, Germany and United States;
“Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is Terrorism Against Women’s Bodies” by Nagasha Martina, Uganda
2023
Ian Stewart
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2025
“Mother of the Nation,” by Rebecca Threewit.
“Diving in the Canal,” by Celine W.
“Feathers” by Jess A.
“Our Reflections” by Safiya Lunat.