We are pleased to announce our Fall/Winter poetry contest (October 1st – February 28th). The winner will receive a $200 Dollar Prize. The 1st and 2nd runners up will have their poem published on www.medmic.com for 6 months and receive commentary from the contest judges. The winner will also have the option of promoting their work through a video interview on www.medmic.com.
Matthew Kohut has worked as a writer, teacher, and musician. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Tar River Poetry, River Heron Review, and The Dewdrop, among other publications. He is the co-author of two books of nonfiction. His poem first appeared in River Heron Review issue 6.2.
Annette Sisson’s poems are published in Valparaiso PR, Birmingham PR, Rust+Moth, Lascaux Review, Cider PR, Glassworks, Aeolian Harp Anthology, and others. Her first book Small Fish in High Branches was published by Glass Lyre (5/22), and she is finishing her second, Winter Sharp with Apples. Her poems have placed in Frontier New Voices, The Fish Anthology, and others; in 2023, two have been nominated for The Pushcart and one for Best of the Net. This poem first appeared in The Shore.
We are pleased to announce our Fall / Winter Haiku contest (October 1st – February 28th). The winner will receive a $100 Dollar Prize.
Brittany van der Merwe is an emerging Canadian poet and aspiring author from British Columbia’s interior. She has been featured in Cathexis Northwest Press, at The Write Launch, and more.
Gayathri Krishnamoorthy is a former University teacher, budding creative writer and social activist striving for real empowerment of women and the Nation through her writings.
Denton Loving’s most recent collection of poetry, Tamp (Mercer University Press) was named by Book Riot as one of the 10 Best Appalachian Books of 2023. He is a co-founder and editor at EastOver Press and its literary journal Cutleaf. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including Iron Horse Literary Review, Kenyon Review, Tupelo Quarterly, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, The Threepenny Review, and Ecotone. This poem first appeared in the Southern Poetry Review.
Charles Carr lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is retired after 45 years working in Community based Social Services. He has published three books of poems: paradise, pennsylvania ( Cradle Press, St Louis, 2008), Haitian Mudpies and Other Poems (Moonstone Press, Philadelphia, 2012), and forthcoming in December, Eat This Poem (Noonstone Prees, 2023). He is the host of a live monthly
broadcast “Philly Loves Poetry” that features poets from the region.
Tarah is a physical therapist by background, currently working in the role of a work-health coach with VT RETAIN, a grant-funded program through the State of Vermont Department of Labor. She is a patient with long COVID and participates in the Dartmouth Hitchcock Long COVID Writing Group, during which she writes poetry.
Ruth Hawley has a MFA in Creative Writing from Stonecoast at the University of Southern Maine. Her website is www.ruthhawley.com, from which she publishes a delicious little newsletter called Weekly Bites.