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Cover Art Contest 2022: Third Place

Cover Art Contest 2022: Third Place

This piece is the third place winner for the 2022 Cover Art Contest, as judged by ness lee. THIRD PLACE: Interiors, by Danielle Klebes "Around the beginning of Covid, I rented a furnished apartment for a few months from a Hemingway-type-artist-man. It had taxidermy of...

Cover Art Contest 2022: Second Place

Cover Art Contest 2022: Second Place

This piece is the second place winner for the 2022 Cover Art Contest, as judged by ness lee. SECOND PLACE: Hoping Coping, by Mariana Ikuta "My work is centred in human connection exploring lyrical and emotional expression. I feel incredibly inspired by complex...

Cover Art Contest 2022: The Shortlist

Cover Art Contest 2022: The Shortlist

The 2022 Cover Art Contest shortlist is here! Congratulations to these five artists, whose contest submissions have been shortlisted by this year's judge, ness lee! ---- Room’s 2022 Cover Art Contest: The Shortlist Hoping Coping, by Mariana Ikuta Come See The Sky, by...

Short Forms Contest 2022: The Winners

Short Forms Contest 2022: The Shortlist

The 2022 Short Forms shortlist is here! Congratulations to the six writers whose contest submissions have been shortlisted by our esteemed judge, Alix Ohlin! — Room Magazine 2022 Short Forms Contest: The Shortlist A Void is a Ghost, by ViNa Nguyen Foxholes, by Tina...

Short Forms Contest 2022: The Winners

Short Forms Contest 2022: The Longlist

The longlist is here! Here are the thirteen longlisted pieces from our 2022 Short Forms Contest, which closed back in November. ---- Room Magazine 2022 Short Forms Contest: The Longlist Bookmarks Tab, by Sadie McCarney On Wings, by Danica Longair Foxholes, by Tina...

Viewer Commiseration is Contrived

Viewer Commiseration is Contrived

"Viewer Commiseration is Contrived" is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2022 Poetry Contest, as judged by Lillian Allen. You can find the full list of winners, and what judge Lillian Allen had to say about each winning piece, here. Viewer Commiseration is Contrived...

Poetry Contest 2022: The Winners

Poetry Contest 2022: The Winners

We are absolutely thrilled to announce the winners of our 2022 Poetry Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three poets whose works were handpicked by esteemed judge, Lillian Allen. We won’t keep you waiting any longer: here they are! ----  First Place: The...

Poetry Contest 2022: The Shortlist

Poetry Contest 2022: The Shortlist

We're just as excited as you are: the 2022 Poetry Contest Shortlist is here! A big thank you to our esteemed judge, Lillian Allen, for her time, effort, and careful consideration of submissions. Congrats to these poets! --- Room Magazine’s 2022 Poetry Contest...

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