Maurya Kerr and Tamara Panici Win the 20th Annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Sponsored by Winning Writers
Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its 20th annual Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Maurya Kerr of Oakland, California won the Tom Howard Prize of $3,000 for a poem in any style or genre, for "Orion". Tamara Panici of Washington, DC won the Margaret Reid Prize of $3,000 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style, for "Elegy for Childhood Written in a Language I Did Not Yet Speak, Addressed to the God I Once Knew". 2,495 poets competed from around the world. $8,000 was awarded in all. Read the complete release. Read the winning entries.
Published: April 15, 2023
