First Place — Marc Savey-Bennett / London, United Kingdom Butcher’s Choice
Second Place
John Clovis Brewington / Manchaca, TX Pixels
Shelby Collins / Visalia, CA To My Darling
Mary Cruz / Kerman, CA Waiting
Chantal Eyong / Santa Ana, CA Rewound
Neal Hall / Philadelphia, PA My Van Gogh Eyes
Genie Krivanek / Valdosta, GA Luminesence
Margaret Krystad / Seattle, WA Daliahs in October
Gypsy Lerey / West Chester, PA The Girl Inside
Yana Lyandres / Tenafly, NJ A Lesson in Failed Architecture
Kyra Merchen / Yukon, OK Grandfather’s Journal
Jami Miller / Villa Rica, GA The Gypsy
Josh Monts / Duncansville, PA Embryonic
Miranda Prather / Middletown, MD Landfill
Michelle Shaw / Madison, CT Untitled
Griffin Silver / Bellingham, WA Long Pig
Amanda Slowey / Bethel Park, PA Cadenza
Ariel Smart / Saratoga, CA The Parable of the Blind- From B
Peter Venable / Winston Salem, NC October Repose
Grace Webster / Leawood, KS Luella
Jenifer West / Northvale, NJ Two Black Eyes and a Broken Nose
Third Place
Mitchell Mitchell / Rocklin, CA Retail Dreams
Sarah Amundsen / Anchorage, AK Cancer
Ron Anderson / Sierra Madre, CA Pearls
Poet Antioho / Murrells Inlet, SC Huguenot Blood
Krystal Apollo / Dunedin, FL Apa
Camille Arroyo / Orlando, FL Teotihuacán
James Avramenko / Calgary, AB Dry Eyes
Alena Bekiyants / Brooklyn, NY Sunny Side Down
Michael Bommer / San Antonio, TX El Dios De La Muerte
Mary Bowles / Bloomington, IN Rogue
Moriya Bradley / Orem, UT Ode To The Night
Rhoda Brewer / Keller, TX Pondering Cranes
Taylor Britman / Galesburg, MI Ominous Kisses
Calie Brummer / Denver, NC Princess Poison
Sarah Cannavo / Maple Shade, NJ Heartache
Mary Casey / West Palm Beach, FL a Song for Innocence
Caitlyn Clark / Greenville, OH Blue
Susan Dashiell / Bloomfield, NJ Train Whistle
Jordan Davis / Bainbridge Island, WA Opaque Costume
Diana Diehl / Ocean Gate, NJ 42
Susanne Donoghue / Evanston, IL To Raise the Flag of Earth
Kelsey Faletra / Castle Rock, CO Wishbone
Jennifer Falvey / Columbia, SC Untitled
Ian Fine / Bethel Park, PA Smells
Veronica Fiorenza / Loveland, OH Authority
Marissa Fortune / Montreal, QC Autobiography in Technicolour
Schyeler Gilman / Evegreen, CO Devils of Peace
Billie Glover / Fayetteville, NC Practice
Franklin Grimes / Gray, TN Aphelion
Stephanie Hamels / Miami, FL Primal Trip
Black Hamlet / Pasadena, CA The Dylan Thomas Villanelle
George Han / Houston, TX Human Error
Linda Hanna / Palm Desert, CA Concubine
Whitney Hanna / Woodbury, CT 7
James Henley / Raleigh, NC Not on Paper
Keith Hoerner / St. Peters, MO Po’ Em’
Jessica Holter / Oakland, CA Momma’s Barren Hips
Sara Isaacson / Sammamish, WA Treasure Chest
Avery Isbruker / Quebec, QC La
Mark Jacobs / Round Rock, TX Day After Day
Cheri Jensen / Sechelt, BC My Beautiful Boy
Russell Johnson / Worchester, VT Salamander
Timothy Johnson / Lakeview, OH November’s Coming Promise
Leny Kaltenekker / St. Augustine, FL Imagining Old St. Augustine
Dimitri Kilian / Chicago, IL Yet I Feel the Day in Night Has
Elizabeth Knight / Vienna, WV Listen
Jan Knispel / Valentine, NE Skylarking
Kit Koster / Columbia Falls, MT The Curse
Aya Labanieh / Garden Grove, CA False Memory
Christian Lee / Bronx, NY A Priority Of Muse
Diane Lewis / Indianapolis, IN Smoke Break
Jame Lucas / Fort Wayne, IN Translucence of the Runningwheel
Kendra Lummerding / St. Brieux, SK Devil’s Arms
Armando Macias / El Paso, TX Calzada 5 De Febrero 1743
Taylor Maloney / Wrightsville Beach, NC Query
Bernard Mann / Austin, TX Sibelius (Echoes of His Second Symphony)
Samuel Marlatt III / Oil City, PA Mulberry Boulevard
Jessica Marzucco / San Antonio, TX Just a Different Color Clay
Jonathan McDonald / Tivoli, TX Advent
Sarah McFarland / Clarksville, AR The Night Watch
Lejla Mecavica / Mishawaka, IN Lavender in My Hair
Tamla Mings Wood / Savannah, GA Colors of Labour
Bethany Moore / Tampa, FL Jungle
Susanna Moore / Long Beach, CA Urban Confession
Shanee Moret-Barreto / Boca Raton, FL Untitled
Anne Mueller / Sturgeon Bay, WI Distraction
Spencer Nay / Uniontown, OH What I’ll Leave Behind
Kenaia Neumann / Seattle, WA Leave Me Here
Samantha Norstrem / Apollo Beach, FL Soup
Andre Pace / Glendale, AZ Virginia Wolf
Marnie Parker / San Luis Obispo, CA Day in the Life 1968
Sharon Peeples / Longmont, CO Dangling Partiiple
Terry Robinson / Fareham, HANTS Cancer
John Ropp / Layton, UT Mannfield Cemetery
Keyana Sabbakhan / Waterbury, CT Tangled Pirouettes
Maria Sandoval / Rosharon, TX Where Valor Proudly Sleeps
Eddie Silver / Perth, WA For Hans
Shelby Simmons / Port Coquitlam, BC Magazine Town
Taylor Squires / Franklin, OH Weathering the Storm
Gustave Stewart IV / Woodstown, NJ Untitled
Karen Stone / Seattle, WA Winter Morning
Kasturi Talukdar / Oak Creek, WI The Blank Parchment
Parker Tenney / Seattle, WA Rapid Transit Hagiogrpahy
Leroy Thomas / Apple Valley, MN To Be Somebody Else
Janice Thompson / San Jose, CA Train of Thought
Brianna Thorpe / Tempe, AZ Love Song for an Elevator
Astral Tides / Barrington, NH Amour Paradoxe
Yukwon Toney / Pittsview, AL Painful Bullying