Congratulations to the winners of the May 2025 Poetry Open!
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted their work to this year's Poetry Open. I was thrilled to review the work of a large percentage of new participants as well as welcome the poems of some Underground Bookshelf regulars. I'm so happy to see this community grow and develop!
I enjoyed reading everyone's work and hope you will all submit again in the future. I also encourage you to come back throughout the month to read one another's work (and maybe even comment on it). Writing is a rewarding, but often lonely craft, and we can learn from and support one another in this and other community spaces.
I'll be featuring certain poems from this month's contest during the upcoming month, but if you participated through Booksie, Wattpad, or Neobook, you can use the hashtag, #flashfictionfun to find and read one another's work.
Contest Results:
- First Place: "The United States Of..." by DeQuan Wren
- Second Place: "Wanting you is like wanting to be with the moon" by Christine Belandres
- Third Place: "Never Existed" by Rachel Bowers
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