Congratulations to our longlist winners (top 24% of entries):

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Aaron Newman for "In a thousand"

Adam Bloom for "Emotional Rollercoaster The"

Adam Bloom for "PIRATES REUNIONS Reunions"

Adelaide Riches for "A Miscellany of"

Adelaide Riches for "From the Point"

Adrian Jalili for "The man that"

AK Rutherford for "Ribs I trace"

Alaisha Barber for "One morning, a"

Alex Bollinger for "I wish for"

Ali Sell for "Ode to Queso"

Alina Silivestru for "Truth Reflexions Truth"

Alison Ryan for "Tangible “You’re not"

Alysa Levi-D'Ancona for "KHAGINA She is"

Alysa Wakin for "Where the Truth"

Amber Keyes for ""I didn’t do"

Amber Vecchio for "Morning Courage I"

Ami Decelles for "Giant Marshmallows The"

Andrew Hoffmeister for "There’s a store"

Andrew Paik for "Winter in Spring"

Angelyn Ray for "MOONLIT STRANGERS I'd"

Anjali V for "I still see"

Ann Mumaw for "Betty died last"

Annabelle Joy Fanggara for "If I switch"

Anne McBride for "Where the stars"

Annie Holland for "Cancer's Waxing Granny"

Annie LIN for "The clockwork sky"

Antonia Headlam-Morley for "I grew up"

Ariya Kelly for "The man knelt"

Ava Isabella Gardiner for "Sharks can lose"

Avanti Arseculeratne for "Stillness Rewiring Concerns"

Aviva B Moore for "A Pearl in"

B.E. Rogan for "When I told"

Barry Cooke for "WHEN IT’S TIME"

Bella Lynn for "Oh, to unscrew"

Benjamin Rosenspan for "When a piece"

Beth Greenberg for "The Border “White"

Brianna Alers for ""The people who"

Brittany Moody for "Celestial Signs My"

C.F.A. Müller for "Sasha did not"

Cameron Geiger for "Freediver Close your"

Carl Maguire for "The Life Cycle"

Carla Lottering for "The day you"

Cate Rogers for "Heart Pie When"

Catherine Masters for "I paced the"

Catriona Sinclair for "Servants and prince"

Celia Cook for "One night, she"

Charlotte Soper Mills for "Heartbeat Life always"

Chloe Morgan for "She walks slowly"

Christine Fankell for "Engagement Party July"

Claire Foister for "Ink Made of"

Claire Scott for "DOTTY AND DRIFTLESS"

Constance Costa for "AP History Broke"

Constance Costa for "The Potato Truth"

Constance Costa for "The Truth I"

Corrie Haldane for "How to Assess"

Corrie Haldane for "The Last Time"

Craig Heinen for "Pretenders Be careful"

Craig Heinen for "Snowballs Time travelers"

Cynthia L Olsen for "Under the Desert"

Cynthia L Olsen for "You gotta be"

Daniel Stern for "I Have No"

Daphne Loads for "The Optimist I"

Daphne Vorel for "On an oversized"

Dayjanae for "Her bones ached"

Deb E Bergman for "Make Up I"

Deidra Lovegren for "THE TIE THAT"

Dennis for "FALLEN In the"

Devin Matthews for "Shaka Week Five"

Devon Parish for "Compass Above: Clouds"

Diana Vucane for "After all, even"

DJ Madron for "Craigslist: Used Crib"

Donna Henderson for "We Moved So"

Doug Cochran for ""That’s gone.” “Sorry,"

Einat Natalie Palkovich for "Heat Wade short-legged"

Eira Paul for "His third-grade class"

Eleni Briar for "You and I"

Elicittheword for "The moon smashed"

Elijah Arsenault for "Am I smarter"

Elisa Tsai for "Words come tumbling"

Elizabeth Law for "Let’s go out"

Elizabeth Timmerman for "Stained Glass Early"

Elliott Church for "STILL POISED Though"

Emily C Lenneville for "Her emotions engulf"

Emily Sousa for ""We’re here,” I"

Emma Sunog for "Lapidary This field"

Emma Phillips for "Under Anesthetic, I"

Erica Milam for "Epics with frayed"

Erin Kim for "Reversal Finally, I"

Exeter T. Stevens for "When the town"

Forrest Cobb for "The Earth took"

Francisca Duarte-Silva for "On the walk"

Gail Shafarman for "Bread Suddenly poetry"

Gail Shafarman for "Pears I ask"

Ginny Newland for "When we look"

Glenn Holmes for "Kapusta Two months"

Graham Linam for "How to be a poet"

Gretchen Ayoub for "Turkey Karma Two"

Gretchen Mayer for "The Power of"

grethe for "Two teenagers sit"

Gypsie-Ami Offenbacher-Ferris for "I passed the"

Hana Harvey for "I look at"

Harvey Lee Turner for "The drizzle half-obscures"

Hayden Niemeyer for "I never thought"

Hayden Niemeyer for "I’ve always been"

Hayden Niemeyer for "When I cease"

Hayes Belmont for "It felt like"

Henry Hudson for "I was there"

Ian R. Villmore for "Tori Beth watched"

Isabel Alderson for "Aspirations Winter’s first"

Ivy for "I Meant What"

Jack Wheeler for "France - October 1915"

Jack Wheeler for "This is my"

Jacquelyn Nelson for "She is Beautiful"

James Connolly for ""They say it's"

James Fullbrook for "Forwards For the"

James Shapiro for "answer the knock"

Jamison Brown for "Heart Pay The"

Janette Eichelberger for "THE MYSTERY OF"

Jeffrey-Michael Kane for "The lake used"

Jennifer Reinoehl for "Muse My Muse"

JH Tomen for "Ivy Nostalgia is"

Jill Kanyuk for "With magic at"

Jo Binns for ""I can medicate"

Jo Binns for "One Last Supper"

Joan Newkirk for "Repose I came"

Joanna Miller for "Dreaming Big When"

John Padilla for "Sofia bloomed gold"

Jonathan Council for "The Poet The"

Jordy Roth for "Swan Song The"

JoRene Byers for "Bravely Done She"

Josie Lance for "Even kangaroos We"

Joyce Chang for "Waterlily in Solitude"

Julia for "Lightning was dangerous"

Julie Hollis for "We stood on"

Kate Ertmann for "Critical Thinking2 Did"

Kate Griffin for "What We Tell"

Kathleen McGookey for "Prayer at Dawn"

Kathy Lenney for "Feel of You"

Kathy Yang for "Grandfather I inherited"

Katie San Filippo for "Anagnorisis The moment"

Kayla for "You’re gonna laugh"

Kayla Mathews for "Recovery In the"

Kayleen Schenk for "The Rind Every"

KC Bernet for "Maternité 1905 In"

KC Bernet for "Maybe that’s why"

Kendra miller for "Standing on Triton’s"

Kiki Emerson for "No one taught"

Kim Mendoza for "Safe Harbor She"

Kimary Clelland for "Finding a Husband"

Kip Knott for "Somebody Somewhere Someday"

Kristen Fallon for "I used to"

Kristen Lee for "Look, I’ve never"

Kwang-Mi Lee for "Toddler Sage On"

L.J. Nicole for "roadtrip the sun"

Laiba Mirza for "The first time"

Lakshmy A Krishnan for "My ‘sun’ They"

Laura Aleckson for "Comfort Castle Weary"

Laura Croyle for "DAISY I sleep"

Laura Lee for "Shells They say"

Lauren Ball for "The past is"

Lauren Bick for "Sunsets Are Blind"

Lauren Khater for "STILL When I"

Lia Fisher-Janosz for "The Fortuneteller A"

Lisa Lange for "Nude puddled like"

Lisa Shepherd for "During the week"

Lizzy Marie for "Mama Raised a"

Lucrezia Bramerio Lamanna for "Evening Ecdysis I"

Luke Rivers for "Today Today was"

Lynne Burnett for "ANNIE Give a"

Lynne Burnett for "TONGUE-TIED Poor tongue"

M.K. Taylor for "No one noticed"

Mackenzie Love for "The truth is"

Madison Cilluffo for "Intro to Clown"

Mae Gesser for "AMERICAN MAGIC In"

Mahnoosh for "A long way"

Marco Verdier for "Not For Me"

Margaret Anderson for "Windswept Our front"

MARGARET CAMPBELL for "The Kiss Our"

Margaret Coulbourn for "Motherly Love It’s"

Mark Fryburg for "Mom, at your"

Mark Paull for "Pharaoh's Hunter This"

Maya Dodsworth for "The headstone looms"

Meg Watson for "I wake up"

Meghana Vemulapalli for "You made chai"

Melissa M Ferrone for "Hope I caught"

Melissa O. Anderson for "Geologic Journey At"

Meredith McNown for "After we returned"

Mia Chiu for "As you read"

Michael Sewell for "There's wisdom in"

Michelle Shinn for "I never told"

Minisha Naidoo for "She was once"

Mirsada Hoffmann for "No one warned"

Mitchell DeFauw for "Meaning There once"

Myra Bisnik for "Moonbeams bless me"

Myra Scott for "Sol lives alone"

Nancy E Gilbert for "I was next"

Nathan Griffin for "Wedding Present I"

Nicole Beauchamp for "The petals drip"

Nicole van Wyk for "Oxymoronic You rise"

Olivia Lee for "I missed my"

Omorogieva Sylvester Ihonwa for "Truth Doesn’t Hide"

Paraskevi Kakares for "I’d commit a"

Paul Dufficy for "They are with"

Peter Rehn for "In the ruins"

Pranavi Gottemukkula for "I can’t remember"

Priyakshi Devasarma for "Tonight, crying clouds"

R.A. Garber for "I missed apples"

Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay for "Towels The pile"

Rajiv Mittal for "Just Waves I"

Ram Ramanathan for "3/6/1987 Our first"

raymond peachey for "Another hundred seconds"

Rebecca Louise Ehrnman for "Girlhood What once"

Rebecca Norris Resnick for "RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS"

Rika for "From Texas to"

Robert Burns for "We sat beneath"

Rosie Sedgwick for "The best meal"

Rudy Fernandez for "Resurrection Bay We"

S. S. Winterton for "The turkey was"

Sam Viavant for "Purpose It was"

Sam Viavant for "Seasons of the"

Sawyer Tennant for "WHIM small winsome"

scott soodek for "Hello there, little"

Seah Kim for "If time were"

Sean Faletti for "Dream Journal Same"

Shannon Paige Loria for "Lavender Box She"

Sharmaine N Gray for "underwater life your"

Sharon L Cohen for "Ever Involved It's"

Shell Bird for "Warning: Follow Safety"

Shelley Barratt for "The Dust Storm"

sheryl davis for "Whether I feel"

Siomha McStay for "At Night My"

Stacey Cohen for "One hundred years"

Stacey Cohen for "Ten years. Again,"

Stella for "Do you also"

Stephanie L Abraham for "The Story of"

Stephanie Lindqvist for "Satan, Release My"

Stephen Scott Winterton for "Old Guy’s Unsolicited"

Steven Van Der Heyden for "Half-Drawn Suddenly"

Susan Eileen Jizba for "Herstory She knew"

Tal for "The hospital vending"

Teagan Jackel for "The Incident of"

Terence Cady for "FILAMENTS Moonglow, warm"

Teresa Renton for "Stars The planets"

Tina. Wingham for "When the power"

Tom Turner for "Would you still"

Topher Shields for "The Altered Name"

Treena Orchard for "An Inky Truth"

Urs Sula for "Dissonance A vertical"

Victoria Lynn for "Standing at the"

William Georges-Garcia for "Gold star, flameless"

William Georges-Garcia for "Open your eyes"

Yanin Chaparro for "Little moon I"

Yawna Allen for "Sassafras All my"

Yixuan Liu for "My shadow stopped"

Zack Mitchell for "Papa was an"

Zahro Hassan for "I sprinted to"