December 1st, 2011
With her poem “Pantoum of the Endless Hurricane Debris,” Alison Pelegrin won the 11th Annual Erskine J. Poetry Prize from Smartish Pace. Here are the complete prize results; all poems will be published in Smartish Pace, Issue 19.
First Prize: “Pantoum of the Endless Hurricane Debris” by Alison Pelegrin
Second Prize: “Last November” by Jason Miller
Third Prize: “Button Under the Couch at 20 Maresfield Gardens” by Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
Finalists:
“This Poem is a Real Bitch” by Anne Barngrover
“Staring Contest” by Noah Falck
“Catharsis” by M.B. McLatchey
Prize Judges:
Stephen Reichert, Editor, Smartish Pace
Dan Todd, Senior Editor, Smartish Pace
Enter your poems in the next Erskine J. Poetry Prize!
Smartish Pace