The 2022 Nature & Place Prize — Winners and Finalists!
Congratulations to the winners of our inaugural Nature & Place Prize, and thank you to everyone who submitted! We’re delighted to announce that Anna Newman has been selected for the $3000 prize by our amazing judge, Amaud Johnson. Dan Barton is our 2nd place winner, and Noel Quiñones our third. We’re so excited to share their work with you this February! We’d also like to offer a warm congrats to our finalists and those on the longlist.
WINNER
Anna Newman
“de arena & calce or: of sand & quicklime or: hydrangeas”
To be published on February 21st
2nd Place
Dan Barton
“River Eclogue: Narcissus & Echo at the Bridge”
To be published on February 22nd
3rd Place
Noel Quiñones
“How to Color Mami”
To be published on February 23rd
The Finalists Are
Carling McManus
Jessica Poli
JP Grasser
Kinsale Drake
Luisa Igloria
Sebastian Merrill
torrin a. greathouse
The Poets on the Longlist Are
Annah Sidigu
Arah Ko
Benja Castor
Benjamin Grimes
Constantina Clark
Desirée Alvarez
EG Cunningham
Eliza Gilbert
Jack Pagliante
jennifer loyd
Jessica Nesbitt
Jo Porter
Juliette Blevins
Kathleen Dale
Layla Benitez-James (translation of a poem by Helena Gamos)
Luisa Black
Marietta Brill
Melinda Coppola
Patricia Zylius
Peter Bergquist
Rebecca Brock
Robert Hill
Robert Daseler
Ryan Vine
Sena Cebeci
Shannon Morr
Shaw Patton
Stephen Ackerman
Susie Meserve
T R Poulson
Tanya Tuzeo
Taylor Bratches
Tom Sheehan