Announcing The Finalists For The 2018 Moon City Poetry Award

The editors of Moon City Press are pleased to recognize the finalists for the 2018 Moon City Poetry Award. The winning manuscript will be chosen from among these eleven finalists:

Stephen Frech, of Decatur, Illinois, for Into Night’s Tent
Kathy Goodkin, of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Crybaby Bridge
Tresha Haefner, of Culver City, California, for Cartography Lesson
Amelia Klein, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Brilliant Dust
Elizabeth Knapp, of Frederick, Maryland, for Requiem With an Amulet in Its Beak
Michael Opperman, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for The Limits of the World
Phoebe Reeves, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for Her Mouth Is Aflame
Phoebe Reeves, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for The Lexicographer’s Garden
Robin Richstone, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for The Century Plant
Liz Robbins, of St. Augustine, Florida, for Nets Full of Breath
Kimberly Ann Southwick, of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, for Orchid Alpha

We congratulate these poets — whose manuscripts were chosen from an extremely large and strong pool of submissions — and we thank all who entered for the pleasure of considering their work.

Final results should be announced within a few weeks!