I’m very honored to have my manuscript, Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect chosen for publication in Diode’s ’23 Poetry Chapbook Contest. I’m very grateful to Patty, Law, and Zoe for this publication. Diode has been a wonderful supporter of my work, publishing multiple text poems, visual poems, and including me in their anthology, Beyond the Frame. I love their mission, their commitment to inclusivity, and the writers they publish. They are, I believe, in a class by themselves. Here are two graphics showing all the winners and runner-ups. Congratulations everyone!
And here are the names and titles of the winners and runner-ups from both the book and chapbook contests (borrowed from Diode’s website). The books will be published in 2024. Stay tuned for more information, and follow Diode on Twitter and Instagram for updates.
2023 Book Winners and Finalists
Full-length Book Prize Winners
all children., Shabnam Piryaei
No Rest, Jason Koo
Chapbook Prize Winners
Difficult, Rewa Zeinati
BOOT-less →, Trace DePass
Dancing Backwards Towards Pluperfect, Koss
Full-length Book Prize Finalists
Ofrenda, Anaïs Deal-Márquez
PERISH / ABOLISH, Mia Kang
Book Content to Breathe Inside the Tree, Patrick Lawler
Between the Sun and The Moon, Xiaoly Li
Slowly Our Faces Come Into View, Lea Marshall
Devil Music, Charlie Clark
Chapbook Prize Finalists
Occurrence of a Dream Translated by Animals, M. Cynthia Cheung
Dreams of Labrador, Christopher Brean Murray
My Abandoned Poems, Owen McLeod
Frankie’s Daughter, Haro Lee
DIDA, Karan Kapoor
The Mariachi at the End of Time, Christopher Nelson
Landscape for the Lost, Aiden Heung
Beneath Salt, Anna Tomlinson
Tapestry, Kirun Kapur