Spring 2014 Orlando Winners & Finalists
Congratulations to our Winners & Finalists, and thank you to all who submitted! As always, we were honored by the chance to read the audacious, compelling, and beautiful words of…
Laura Lauth Awarded Spring 2014 Orlando Poetry Prize
…We asked Laura to tell us about what inspired her winning poem: Last summer, while researching another poem, I found articles describing two early twentieth-century genocides, both of which took…
“Constellations,” by Melita Schaum
…the tenure committee (for the moment) has sheathed its claws, let the ears be scratched on its three heads. Instead, it’s the surf that breaks her sentences into wet shards—rising,…
Feed the Demon: From the Femina Ornamentalis Series by Salma Ahmad Caller
…ornamental being. I am constantly examining my identity as both a private and a political entity, created across constructed notions of East and West that I grew up within. I…
WAVES: AROHO Retreat 2015 by Kristi Crutchfield Cox
…completing her novel, The Tattoo’s Artist, exploring resurrection of self through ink, war, and feminine strengths. She was recently published for her poetry in, Filling The Void; A Selection of…