We are thrilled to announce the longlist for our 2022 Poetry Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members, and a big congratulations to these talented poets!
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Room Magazine’s 2022 Poetry Contest Longlist
Viewer Commiseration is Contrived, by Vironika Wilde
Early Winter, by K.R. Segriff
Beginning to End, by Emily Cann
Remain Loving, by Maria Belen Rios Sialer
Communiqué, by Christine Anonuevo
Frida, the heart, the hummingbird, flying with swans, by Alanis Caref
Ode to Herringbone, by Stelios Mormoris
Watermelon, by Stelios Mormoris
The most important word is ੴ, by Moni Brar
Voice like Birdsong, by Jade Riordan
Getting to Voice, by Kate Marshall Flaherty
Mining for the Metropole, by Anna Lee-Popham
Meanwhile the City Enlists a Prison, by Anna Lee-Popham
how does this land and your home give you your voice? by Erin Carter
Barkerville Cemetery, by Heather Cameron
Water Woman, by Harriet Stone
memory-eater, by Salem Paige
Geranium and Clay, by Mollie Coles Tonn
Raining Fish, by Mollie Coles Tonn
There Are No Streets Named Marie, by Jennifer Adese
the bittersweetness 1994, by Jennifer Adese
the withholding map, by Dora Prieto
debris, by Dora Prieto
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Thank you to every writer who trusted us and our judge, Lillian Allen, with their poems. To all those who submitted their work: it takes courage to put your writing forward for scrutiny, and we encourage you to keep at your craft, longlisted or not.
The shortlist and winners will be announced in the coming weeks, so keep an eye on our website! In the meantime, our 2022 Cover Art Contest has just opened, and is eager for all your stunning photos, collages, drawings, sketches, and anything else you can dream up.
