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O’Hara Prize 2023 Winners Announcement

May 5, 2023 by Irena Kaci

Announcing the 2023 O’Hara Prize Results
1st Place: Rebecca Cross with “They Do This and Call It Mercy“
2nd Place: John Garton with “Vernon“
3rd Place: Irena Kaçi with “Onions“
Honorable Mention: Claire Schaffer Duffy with “Let Her Dance“

A HUGE thank you to all of our wonderful participants! We got so many contributions and read some truly fantastic poems.

A big thank you to our judge Karen Skolfield for her thoughtful consideration!

and a heartfelt Congratulations to our 2023 O’Hara Prize Winners! We hope to see everyone at the O’Hara reading in September.

 

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