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Poetry Contest 2024: The Winners

Poetry Contest 2024: The Winners

Drumroll, please! We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 2024 Poetry Contest. A huge congratulations to the following three poets whose works were handpicked by esteemed judge, Rafeef Ziadah. Enough waiting: here are the three winners! -------------- FIRST...

The Air Itself is One Vast Library

The Air Itself is One Vast Library

“The Air Itself is One Vast Library” is the Third Place Winner of Room’s 2024 Poetry Contest, as judged by Rafeef Ziadah. You can find the full list of winners, and what Rafeef had to say about each winning piece, here. THE AIR ITSELF IS ONE VAST LIBRARY   ...on...

Short Forms Contest 2024: The Winners

Short Forms Contest 2024: The Shortlist

We’re just as excited as you are: the 2024 Short Forms Contest Shortlist is here! A big thank you to our esteemed judge, Zalika Reid-Benta, for her time, effort, and careful consideration of submissions. Congrats to these writers! — Room Magazine’s 2024 Short Forms...

Short Forms Contest 2024: The Winners

Short Forms Contest 2024: The Longlist

We are so excited to announce the longlist for our 2024 Short Forms Contest! A big thank you to our Room collective members for carefully selecting this longlist, and a big congratulations to these talented writers. — Room Magazine’s 2024 Short Forms Contest Longlist...

Poetry Contest 2024: The Winners

Poetry Contest 2024: The Shortlist

It’s finally here! Congrats to the following poets whose works were shortlisted by our judge, Rafeef Ziadah, for our 2024 Poetry Contest! ----- Room Magazine’s 2024 Poetry Contest Shortlist Processions of the Small, by Heather Simeney MacLeod daughters of palestine’s...

Review of Opening Ceremony by Laura Marie Marciano

Review of Opening Ceremony by Laura Marie Marciano

Opening Ceremony  by Laura Marie Marciano Metatron Press 64 pages $18 Laura Marie Marciano’s second poetic memoir, Opening Ceremony, will hit uncomfortably close to home for many aging Millennials—and Marciano does not hold back. Composed with the same candor and...

Review of Toxemia by Christine McNair

Review of Toxemia by Christine McNair

Toxemia by Christine McNair Book*hug Press 176 pages $23 Christine McNair’s memoir, Toxemia, is a deeply personal account of her experiences with pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy condition marked by high blood pressure, piercing headaches, double vision,...

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