Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards

Congratulations to the winners of the 2021 WD Poetry Awards!

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2021 Writer's Digest Poetry Awards! Read an interview with the First-Place winner Julie Novak-McSweeney in the July/August 2022 issue of Writer's Digest.

1. “The Old Ones” by Julie Novak-McSweeney

2. “Watch Repair” by Eric Meub

3. “Lament” by Martha Fox

4. “Solipsism” by Mercer Warriner

5. “Confession” by Gabrielle C. Burton

6. “An Awakening of Girls” by Katherine Cavicchio

7. “THE BURNING” by Carolina Hamilton

8. “My Father's Grief” by Linda Busby Parker

9. “Equinox” by J. W. Rose

10. “Saigon, 6:30 a.m.” by Cynthia T. Quam

11. “Our Mother Eve Gives Birth 'Adam's Story'” by Kathleen Strafford

12. “The Tattooed Lady” by Kathleen Strafford

13. “Five Stars: A thirteen-Year-Old Reviews Rome” by sheila murphy

14. “First Night” by Patricia J. Boyle

15. “Shallow Roots” by Nicki Ehrlich

16. “In My Time” by John Longbottom

17. “Land of Sky Tinted Waters” by Bridget Lawler

18. “To be an Indian” by Kylee Navarro

19. “Awakening” by Elizabeth McBride

20. “the stain of failure” by Randall McNair

21. “void” by mmiller

22. “Suffragette” by diane valeri

23. “Baseball Glove” by Jo Taylor

24. “The Kite” by Michael Wilson

25. “A Shelter Cat Considers Her Future” by Caroline Norris

Since obtaining her MFA in fiction, Moriah Richard has worked with over 100 authors to help them achieve their publication dreams. As the managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, she spearheads the world-building column Building Better Worlds, a 2023 Eddie & Ozzie Award winner. She also runs the Flash Fiction February Challenge on the WD blog, encouraging writers to pen one microstory a day over the course of the month and share their work with other participants. As a reader, Moriah is most interested in horror, fantasy, and romance, although she will read just about anything with a great hook. 

Learn more about Moriah on her personal website.