Announcing Omnidawn’s 2012 Open Poetry Prize Winner

Omnidawn’s 2012 Open Poetry Prize Winner, selected by Cole Swensen:

Photo by Kerry Davis

Endi Bogue Hartigan

for pool [5 choruses].



Five finalists were also selected by Swensen:

  • Emily Abendroth (Philadelphia, PA) for Exclosures
  • Jenny Drai (Oxnard, CA) for Visitors, Cavaliers
  • Craig Dworkin (Salt Lake City, UT) for Alkali
  • Brandon Lussier (Hartford, CT) for Mary Doll Strings
  • Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer (Saint Louis, MO) for Clarkson Street Polaroids



For more on Omnidawn’s poetry contests, check out our contests page.



photo credit: Kerry Davis, 13 Hats