Living a Life with a Demon of Stiffness
Dr. Nithisha Thatikoda MD is 3rd year neurology resident at UTMB.
Dr. Nithisha Thatikoda MD is 3rd year neurology resident at UTMB.
“Who Should I Examine First, you or your lawyer?”
Image by Andrew Grossman
Fall 2024-Winter 2025 Poetry Contest: Winner to Receive a $200 Dollar Prize
Fall 2024 -Winter 2025 Haiku Contest : $100 Dollar Prize
Eliana Jacobs is a Fulbright Scholar who aspires to become a physician to advocate for the intersectionality of health, education, public health, and writing. She brings awareness towards social determinants of health through her numerous medical poetry publications in Stanford JUSTHEALTH and the Journal of the Student National Medical Association (JSNMA).
Writer, artist, and educator, Kelly Cass Falzone, earned her MFA in Poetry from Spalding University in Louisville, KY, and MSEd. in Counselor Education from SUNY Brockport. Her work appears in numerous journals and she has been awarded recognition from the Berry College Emerging Southern Women Writers Competition, Chattanooga Writer’s Guild, Tennessee Writer’s Alliance, and others. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dan O’Brien is a playwright, poet, memoirist, essayist, and librettist. In 2023 he published three books: a memoir entltled From Scarsdale: A Childhood (Dalkey Archive Press); a collection of plays entitled True Story: A Trilogy (Dalkey Archive Press); and a collection of prose poems and photographs entitled Survivor’s Notebook (Acre Books). In 2024 his play Newtown premiered at Geva Theatre. Also in 2024, his pamphlet Flying on Easter and Other Poems was published by Poetry London.
Thanks to all the poets who submitted to this season’s contest!
Veronica Ashenhurst has published both poetry and articles on legal education. Her poems appear in Health Affairs, MORIA Literary Magazine, Star 82 Review, and Wordgathering, among other journals. Her poetry has been nominated for the Best of the Net anthology.