People’s Choice — 2023 2-Day Poem Contest

UPDATE: The votes are in! “A Short Play Featuring Neural Pathways” by Paula Turcotte is the Winner of the People’s Choice Award!

Before we can announce the winners of this year’s 2-Day Poem Contest, we need your help determining who will win People’s Choice! Here you can read all five poems that are finalists for the award. Simply click on the links to view the poems, and vote for your favourite! Voting will remain open until 11:59pm CT on Wednesday, June 28th and all winners will be announced on Friday, June 30th.

“A Short Play Featuring Neural Pathways” by Paula Turcotte

“Autobiography” by Karan Kapoor

“PORTRAIT OF DIASPORA AS AN EPIPHANY” by Bola Opaleke

“L’dor Va’dor” by Erin Kirsh

“A Reverse Elegy (wherein the hands of the clock are the hands of a baby who has yet to discover she has hands)” by Shannan Mann