Vallum Contests  

The Vallum Award for Poetry 2013

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1st Place: $750 and publication in Vallum

2nd Place: $250 and publication in Vallum

Entry Fee: $20 (includes a 1-year subscription to Vallum)

Deadline: July 15, 2013

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The Vallum Award for Poetry 2012 Winners

1st Place: "A Man of Plain, Common Understanding" by Emily Paskevics

2nd Place: "Ariadne's Thread" by Jim Johnstone

Honourable Mentions

"Welcome Sign" by Denver Jermyn

"Her He" by Susan C. Evans

"The Swan" by Matthew Requa

These poems will appear in Vallum 10:1 "Magic" (Winter 2013)

SHORTLIST 2012

"Crows' Caw" - Jean-Mark Sens (USA)

"The Silence of Waking Eyes" - James K. Zimmerman (USA)

"Her He" - Susan C. Evans (USA)

"A Man of Plain, Common Understanding" - Emily Paskevics (Canada)

"The Swan" - Matthew Requa (USA)

"Evening Ends" - Denver Jermyn (Canada)

"Welcome Sign" - Denver Jermyn (Canada)

"Sleepless" - Katherine Noone (Ireland)

"Ariadne's Thread" - Jim Johnstone (Canada)

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