WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: “Storytellers” Summer Poetry Contest 2023
The Way Back to Ourselves is excited to announce the WINNER and RUNNERS-UP for our FIRST-EVER “Storytellers” Summer Poetry Contest!
We were simply overwhelmed by the outpouring of poets and storytellers for our first-ever poetry contest. We are so grateful to EACH of you who submitted and who make The Way Back to Ourselves what it is!
Over the past month, our editors carefully and lovingly read over your poetry and had meaningful conversations about what made a poem sing, what stories resonated most deeply, and which verses we simply couldn’t stop thinking about. It was a very difficult task to decide which poets would be recognized, but we are happy to say we were able to make decisions we are proud to share.
WINNER
“Do Not Preach” by Deidre Braley
($150 CASH PRIZE, TWBTO GOODS, & PUBLICATION)
RUNNERS-UP
“It Just Is” by Katie Ellen Bowers
“Poiesis” by Christel Jeffs
“We the Children” by Kelly Meagher
(TWBTO GOODS & PUBLICATION)
We will be reaching out to the winners soon, as well as all our poets who expressed interest in publishing their poetry in our FALL LITERARY JOURNAL: RESTORATION.
Submissions for our literary journal are open August 1-October 1, 2023. See more details about submissions on our “CONTACT” page.
Thank you again for trusting us with your work and being such a vital part of our community. YOU BELONG HERE.