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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Puerto del Sol is currently accepting contest submissions until September 1, 2023. The prose finalists will be judged by Amanda Goldblatt and the poetry finalists will be judged by Wo Chan.

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For full submission guidelines, please click here.
 

The 2023 contest has closed. Please check back here for the upcoming results!

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PAST WINNERS AND JUDGES

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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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