Holly Zhou
When I Was Your Horse - 1st Place
Holly Zhou is a poet and mixed-media artist from the California desert, the unceded territory of the Cahuilla and Mojave peoples. Their collaborative poetry and art zines have been showcased at the Bluestockings Comic Fest and at the San Francisco Zine Fest. When not writing, they can be found exploring rocks by the ocean or in the mountains.
Bunny Morris
On the Erotics of No Limits Fucking - 2nd Place
Bunny/Teddy Morris is an MFA candidate in poetry at LSU. He is a trans / queer multimedia artist born and raised in Louisville, KY. Its work revolves around disability, gender, and the erotic interactions between pain and pleasure. His recent work can be found in SELFFUCK Magazine, Lavender Lime Literary, and Anti-Heroin Chic. If you’re interested in reading about sex work and fish, check out his chapbook A Performance of My Ecstasy (Gap Riot Press, 2020). His other work can be found at bunnymorris.wixsite.com/poetry
Lenk
achillies, singing - 3rd place
Lenk (he/him) writes poetry, prose, and everything unsung and unapologetic between. Currently living in Seattle with his partners and cat, he alums the University of South Florida English, History, and Classics departments and the University of Washington MFA, specializing in lyric/hybrid fiction, adaptation theory, and un-straighting Western literary criticism. His work has received and/or been nominated for prizes such as the Pushcart, Best New Poets, Best American Short Stories, and the Walter Dean Myers Award. A full list of print and online publications can be found at https://www.lenkcreative.com/