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The Encounter invited all poets writing in English to submit up to 3 poems (maximum 40 lines each), related in some way to the theme “Crossing the Divide." Our guest judge was internationally acclaimed and award-winning poet, Dana Gioia. For the purpose of blind judging, the poems were submitted via Submitable.


1st Place

The Puzzle
by Burt Myers

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2nd Place

The Climb
by Arlene Gay Levine

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Tied for 3rd Place

Ask for Living Water
by Jeannine Pitas

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Tied for 3rd Place

In Ploegsteert Wood: The Christmas Truce of 1914
by Catherine Chandler

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