THE ANNUAL PUERTO DEL SOL POETRY & PROSE CONTEST

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Since 2017, Puerto del Sol has published one work of prose and one poem as winners of our annual contest. These contest winners are selected with the help of well-known writers, serving as final judges. Contest submissions will be open from March 1st to September 1st of each year.

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THE 2024 PUERTO DEL SOL POETRY AND PROSE CONTEST IS NOW OPEN!

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Puerto del Sol is currently accepting contest submissions until September 1, 2024.

STAY TUNED FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE JUDGES!

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PAST WINNERS AND JUDGES

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2023

POETRY: "July Fourth Parade" by Tom Laichas | Judge Wo Chan

PROSE: “These and Other Fine Ingredients” by Matthew Pitt | Judge Amanda Goldblatt

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2022

POETRY: "I have never seen a wild poetic loaf of bread" | Judge Anthony Cody

PROSE: "Exoticolalia" | Judge Kali Fajardo-Anstine

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2021

POETRY: "The Stain" by Bernardo Wade | Judge Todd Dillard

PROSE: "Mother's Milk" by Alexa Dodd | Judge Eileen Pollack

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2020

POETRY: "American Sonnet for My Medical History" by Babette Cieskowski  | Judge Rodney Gomez

PROSE: "is the watermelon sweet?" by Emily Yang | Judge Vi Khi Nao

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2019

POETRY: "The Room Divider" by Rainie Oet | Judge Emily Pérez

PROSE: "The Misdeeds of the Root" by Bridget Brewer | Judge Camille Acker

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2018

POETRY: “Langauge in Question” by Benjamin Garcia | Judge Farid Matuk

PROSE: “How I Came to Live Here Now” by Sean Alan Cleary | Judge Danielle Dutton

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2017

POETRY: “Cuadrado de Sabzeh” by Natalie De Paz | Judge Carmen Giménez-Smith

PROSE: “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln” by Shane Kowalski | Judge Lily Hoang

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