Thank you again to all who submitted poems to our first competition, generously sponsored by the North Carolina Museum of Art. We were overwhelmed with the response and the wonderful quality of the work. We are proud to announce the winners and honorable mentions:

First place, Dean Tuck, “After St. Matthew and the Angel”
Second place, Adam Tavel, “After Rain I”
Third place, Wynne Morrison, “In the Last Room of the MoMA Kollwitz Show”

Honorable mentions
Gina Ferrara, “January 2025 (One Hundred Year Snowfall)”
Jesse Curran, “Ronde I”
Jon Savage, “Winter 1946”

Congratulations!

Authors have been invited to read their work at the Tar River Poetry Ekphrasis event at the NCMA End Paper Festival on Sunday, September 21st at 11am. The event is free and open to the public: https://ncartmuseum.org/events/end-paper-2025-ncma-art-book-fair/

We hope to see you there! If you can’t make the event, please look for these poems in the Spring 2026 issue.