UPDATE: The awards ceremony for The Kowit 2019 will be held Friday, March 20, 2020, starting at 6:30 p.m. on the 9th-floor rooftop Shiley Special Event Center at Central Library, downtown San Diego. Host: Marc Chery, Humanities Supervisor. Co-host and emcee: Jeff Walt
Congratulations to all:
The Steve Kowit Poetry Prize
2019
Memories of Coronado — Greg Bell
2nd Place: For My Blind Man — Gail Entrekin
3rd Place: Tukanukaru — Jessica Turcat
Honorable Mention
(alphabetically, by poet)
Ode to Hip-Hop Jayne Brown
Smash an avocado Carrie Callaway
Self Portrait as Andy Ruiz
the First Mexican-American Heavy Weight Champion
Karla Cordero
La Dolce Vita Christopher Cordry
the return Nancy Dimsdale
Hope Frank DiPalermo
The Danger of Moonglow Frank DiPalermo
Richard Hugo, I Met You Only Once George Drew
Cloaks Trish Dugger
Outhouse Glass James Evans
The Atlantic Beach Club, 1982 Janlori Goldman
Constant Jonathan Greenhause
Sunshower over the Rappahannock
at My Friend Ann’s River House Valerie Hastings
Scrabbling Rebekah Heaney
Wrestling with an Angel Kenneth Jensen
All the Way Sylvia Levinson
A Modest Surmisal Matt Miller
Chances Are Suzanne O’Connell
Lassie Has Anger Issues Suzanne O’Connell
Walking Along the Service Road that Borders the Asparagus Field,
Not Far Beyond Asylum Creek Greg Rappleye
Elegy for a Friend Lynda Riese
Poems advancing to the Finals receive a minimum of Honorable Mention and publication in the San Diego Poetry Annual.
Cash Prize winners ($1350 total) to be presented at the annual awards ceremony
Poets reading at the awards ceremony also receive an honorarium of $50.
2019 Judge: Judy Reeves
2020 Judge: Ron Salisbury
2021 Judge: Dorianne Laux
2022 Judge: Kim Addonizio
- Open for entries on June 15 through October 15 annually.
- Click on The Kowit on our main menu, or visit www.sdeag.org for complete entry details.
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