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2021 JOY HARJO POETRY FINALISTS
“What the Bees Know,” Catherine Clark-Sayles
"Against Reliability," Elizabeth Knapp
“Sonnet for Girlhood,” Jordan Bissell Perez
“Even In Oklahoma,” Linda Reisling
*“when they see, still they do not see, Part II”, Monique Farrell
“Luck,” Barbara Unger
"First Fight," Mark Lupinetti
"What They Saw on Their Weekly River Walk, Taking Turns Pushing His Chair," Ingrid Wendt
"November Stroll," Connie Post
"Season of Grace," Mark Simpson
"Nazi Memorabilia are The Hot Lots," Jen Karentnik
"You Tear Out My Tongue," Heather Johnson
“Delta Variations,” Dottie LeMieux
"August," Paula Brancato (Spence)
"Power Switch," Halsey Hyer
"We Don't Bother with the Rose Garden," Candace Kelsey
"The dead go swimming," Rick Kearns
"Dear July," Casey Charles
"Ridge of High Pressure," Robin Scofield
"Snowglobe," Marsh Muirhead
The Approach of Autumn, "Bruce Parker"
Leroy Sorenson, “Funeral”
Leroy Sorenson, “Air Writing”
“Hikiing,” Susan Dix Lyons
2021 RICK DE MARINIS SHORT STORY FINALISTS
"Wood-Stacking," George Michelson Foy
"Above It All," Marie Coleman
"North To San Jose," Donald Carreira Ching
"Hamlet," Richard Attree
"Two Wills," Frank Scozarri
"Death on the Beach," Ann Stoney
"Whisper of a Bangkok Ghost, "Karima Alavi
"The Story of an Extraordinary Girl," Abdur Razzak
"Riptides," pierce scranton
"Sisters," Yiru Zhang
2021 BARRY LOPEZ NONFICTION FINALISTS
“Will the Streams Still Run,” Gary Grossman
“The Interview,” Elisabetta La Cava
"Singing With Animals,” Brenda Peterson
“The Robbery,” Sue William Silverman
“The Perfect Lamp,” by Ashley Memory
“How I Nearly Got Recruited into Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Traffiking Ring” Angela Mackintosh
“We See Angels” Christy Shick
“Watermelon Whisperer,” Laura Rodley
“Between Hope and Grief,” John Jacobson
