2017 wt awards

Thank you to everyone who submitted their work and congratulations to the winners and finalists!

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POETRY WINNER, chosen by Kaveh Akbar

Marathon Avoidance by Inam Kang 

FINALISTS

Division of Gods by Ariana Brown

Bloodwave by Imani Davis

dna is just anotha theory for reincarnation: me, sitting in a burning tree (c. 4063) by Destiny Hemphill

 Naked by Jake Skeets
 

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PROSE WINNER, chosen by Randa Jarrar

You Do Not Take What Does Not Belong to You by Oluwabambi Ige

FINALISTS

I'm Not Afraid of You by Julia Bohm

Real Bodies by Laura Chow Reeve

Androgenetic Alopecia by Sio

Parade Day Rain by Michelle Yang

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Past WT Awards Winners

2016 WT Awards

Judged by Aracelis Girmay and Chris Abani

Poetry: Fine Lines by Aurora Masum-Javed

Prose: The Burial by Nneoma Ike-Njoku
 

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2015 WT Awards

Judged by Ocean Vuong and Jaquira Diaz

Poetry: My Dad Asks, 'How Come Black Folks Can't Just Write About Flowers by Aziza Barnes

Prose: Guns In the House by Molly McGinnis
 

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Featured artwork is Celestial Flight 600 by Elise Mahan from Mythology of Childhood.