Past Winning Entries
Please enjoy the winning entries from our past contests. They are presented here in the order we added them to our website. To view winning entries by contest and year, please see our Contest Archives.
The Dictionary of Occupational Titles, 1939 (Revised)
By Julia Lichtblau
Second Prize, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
My Sexy Compression Hose
By Carol Whitney Ward
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
The Ballad of Clyde the Dragon
By Stephen Dotson Dale
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
Mx. Potato Head at the Gender Swap Meet
By Mandy Shunnarah
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
Ode to the Ichthyosaur Maternity Ward
By Eddie Elizabeth
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
The Poet Corrects the Official Documents
By Molly Lanzarotta
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
Notes App Stand-up Routine, August
By Sophie Develyn
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
The Three Muscatels Go to the Races
By AJ Layague
Third Prize, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2025
A Catalogue of Hurricanes
By Jay Aja
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
My Mother Used Her Kohl’s Cash to Buy Her Husband’s Urn
By Ceren Ege
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
Sestina (A Ghost Story)
By Elinor Ann Walker
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
Trifecta of Sonnets, New Year’s Day
By Shelly Cato
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
Entering the Mine
By Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
Elegy for Uncle Ron
By Jennifer Tubbs
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2024
In the Aftermath: 9/11 Through a Volunteer’s Eyes
By Beth SKMorris
Honorable Mention, North Street Book Prize 2024
The Noble Adventures of Beryl and Carol
By Jeremy Sherr
Honorable Mention, North Street Book Prize 2024
Hillel and the Paper Menschies
By Mindy Blumenfeld and Marc Lumer
Honorable Mention, North Street Book Prize 2024
Finding Messi: The Miracle Cat from Kyiv
By Trevor Ostfeld and Iryna Chernyak
First Prize, North Street Book Prize 2024
Trespass Point
By Juliana Delany
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2024
I Don’t Know What Possessed Me
By Sarah Cadorette
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2024
For All the Birthdays
By Rebekah McDermott
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2024