Our long awaited 2024 Poetry Contest longlist has arrived! A big thank you to our Room collective members for their time and care in creating this longlist. These submissions will now be reviewed by this year’s judge, Rafeef Ziadah. A big congratulations to these talented writers!
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Room Magazine’s 2024 Poetry Contest Longlist
daughters of palestine’s diaspora, by Leena Halees
The Air Itself Is One Vast Library, by Jessica McMillan
Ramadan, by Leena Aboutaleb
3EYOUN ATFAAL FILASTEEN / CHILDREN’S EYES OF PALESTINE, by Sarrah Ghadeer Malek
EKPHRASIS: THE REMNANT OF LIVING, by Monica Kim
seasonal circuitry, by Murgatroyd Monaghan
Uncontained, by Petra Chambers
Mary Magdalene Practices Lucid Dreaming, by Paula Turcotte
Processions of the Small, by Heather Simeney MacLeod
Connecticut, by Lynne Schmidt
19 • 10 • 2023, by Salimah Valiani
Final Remarks, by Junxin Tang
Roe, by Junxin Tang
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Thank you to all the seasoned and first-time poets who submitted their work to the 2024 Poetry Contest – we are so grateful for your submissions, and look forward to reading your writing again, in Room, and out in the world.
The shortlist (and winners!) chosen by judge Rafeef Ziadah will be available in coming days, so be sure to keep an eye on our website and social media! If you’d like to try your hand at entering a Room contest, the 2025 Fiction Contest is now open!
