We are excited to announce the winners of the 2019 Fiction Prize and the 2019 Poetry Prize, judged by R. O. Kwon and Nuar Alsadir respectively. Many thanks to everyone who submitted their work and made this year’s prizes possible!

2019 Fiction Prize Winner:

“Revival” by Caroline K. Fulford

R. O. Kwon says “I was entranced by ‘Revival,’ a strange, powerful story set in the Antarctic. It’s a story of cold, environmental change, and varieties of submerged depths.”

Finalists

“Clave,” Amina Gautier

“Counterbot,” Samantha Kimmey

“Elodie,” Jennifer Christman

“One, Two,” Hanna Bartels

“Visiting Writer,” John Tait

“The Visitors,” Anum Asi

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2019 Poetry Prize Winner:

by Bridget O’Bernstein

Nuar Alsadir says this “exuberant yet understated poem invites the reader to think, rethink, read from different angles. Upon first encountering the title, I approached the poem through the lens of triangulation, which, on the surface seems to be central to the poem’s meaning. The three sections feature the characters of a classic Oedipal triangle (child, mother, father), but it’s all enthrallingly off. I was particularly intrigued by the unexpected mid-line burst of emotion (“I kissed someone!”) in the second to last line, as off-kilter as the final line that follows. A quirky, beguiling poem!”

Runners Up

“FINALLY, YOU ENTER THE CASTLE OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING,” Mary-Alice Daniel

“Panorama of Softness,” Jay Marsh

Finalists

“Locked in Mirrors,” Sarah Ann Winn

“Losing a Religion,” Janine Certo

“Redundancy Cycle,” Geramee Hensley

“To Offer Sweet Fruit to the Ghost,” John Paul Martinez

“Wanting a Child,” Emily Pittinos

“wing, row, and descent,” C. Sinclaire Brown

*The winners and a few finalists will be published in the Winter 2019 issue of Indiana Review.*