Previous Winners of the Letter Review Prize

Announcing the results of the Letter Review Prize for Poetry (December 2022)

Here we are: at one of our favourite junctures. It’s with a huge sense of excitement and gratitude that we release the results of the Letter Review Prize for Poetry.

The competition was fierce in this round, and it was such a joy to read the entries.

It was truly an honor to spend time with every poem, all of which were thoughtfully composed.

Congratulations to everyone who entered. Thank you for entrusting us with your work, and thinking of Letter Review as a potential home for your writing.

Special congratulations to those mentioned in the lists below. Click the title of the winning entries to read them.

First Place

Ode to My Black Satchel

First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry

Poetry by Isi Unikowski

December 15, 2022

Second Place

This is a Spam Poem

Second Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry

Poetry by Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal

December 15, 2022

Joint Third Place

Friendship

Joint Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry

Poetry by Aoi Onodera

December 15, 2022

Digger Down

Joint Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Poetry

Poetry by Brian Kelly

December 15, 2022

Shortlist (in no particular order):

Patricia Davis-Muffett – Redlist
Isi Unikowski – Ode to My Black Satchel
Peter Fray-Witzer – Interstate & Honeysuckle
Pattie Palmer-Baker – Sterling
Aoi Onodera – Friendship
Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal – This is a Spam Poem
Romney Humphrey – Chambray Shirt
Damen O’Brien – Worth
Brian Kelly – Digger Down

Longlist (in no particular order):

Rylie Heaton – cold glow
Jennifer Phillips – Mr. Gorringe
Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal – This is a Spam Poem
Romney Humphrey – Chambray Shirt
Patricia Davis-Muffett – Redlist
Peter Fray-Witzer – Interstate & Honeysuckle
Brian Kelly – Digger Down
Lisa Harper Campbell – A Slug v. Snail Haiku-Off
Diane Croft – My Trip to Ireland
Jonathan Greenhause – This Murky Spot Will Turn Into the Sea
Leigh Lucas – Trick
Damen O’Brien – Worth
Aoi Onodera – Friendship
Alina Rios – Weight
Pattie Palmer-Baker – Sterling
Isi Unikowski – Ode to My Black Satchel

Highly Commended (in no particular order):

Ian Reid – Breaking the surface
Savanna Loy – Fatherless
Nicole Rossiter – Courage
Liam Boyle – Distance makes distance
Klayton Goering – Fire
Jonathan Loomis – I am gone
Jennifer Hinton – I Didn’t Forget
Elena Apanovitch – In my wings a tender solace
Alexandra Bassett – You Won’t Remember
Casey Clune – Someday
Lydia Benson – After
Karina Estrella – The whispers
Alshiyoukh Hassan – What Happened in Montpelier?
Samantha Meddaugh – What You Are Not Seeing
Ladena Jackson – You Are Not Here
Linda Collins – the interviewer
Kate Langan – Wisdom

Announcing the Winners of the Letter Review Prize for Short Stories (December 2022)

It is with great excitement and pleasure that we announce these results.

Short stories are one of the most enduring and revered forms of storytelling. It’s no wonder their popularity is currently soaring. Short story competitions represent a wonderful opportunity for emerging writers to demonstrate their ability and secure publication. They also offer established writers an avenue to practice their craft, and cement their reputation.

Perhaps most importantly, competitions showcase wonderful writing, bringing us into contact with exciting and remarkable new work.

The Letter Review Prize for Short Stories seeks fiction of up to 3000 words and is open to writers over the age of 12 from anywhere in the world. First place receives $600 USD and publication. Second place receives $250 USD and publication. Third place receives $150 and publication.

Congratulations to our winning writers and all those listed in the Highly Commended category, Longlist, and Shortlist.

Click the title of each story to read!