So, without further ado, the winner of the $500 honorarium and 25 printed copies goes to … Rodney Gomez! His chapbook, “Spine,” will be available next spring and on sale through our web store, as well as at our booth at this year’s AWP conference (Table #1125!).

Our two finalists this year are Heather Kirn Lanier for her chapbook, “Heart-Shaped Bed in Hiroshima,” and Olivia Cronk for her chapbook, “Middle Mansion.” Poems from both writers appear in our first annual print edition, “Newfound | Print no. 1,” on sale now.

Curious to know more about our winner and finalists? Interviews with all three poets will appear in our blog throughout December and early January.

To all other submitters: Newfound’s Managing Editor will attach personalized messages to all entries. You should receive that before January 1st.

THANK YOU to everyone who submitted and spread the word. We’ve tried to make as many great things happen as possible for our winners this year and hope to do more next year. Do keep an eye on the contest page as we prepare for our next launch on April 15th, 2015. We hope to see you there.

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* David Samuel Levinson for his story, “The Dinner Guest”

* Darrin Doyle for his story, “Engagement”

* Craig Santos Perez for his poems, “From All With Ocean Views”

* Sarah Messer for her poems, “Only Sky Animals,” et al.

* Harrison Candelaria Fletcher for his nonfiction piece, “Artifacts”

* Jennifer Baum for her nonfiction piece, “A Different Set of Rules”

Though selection is never easy, we nominate six writers every year for the Pushcart Prize because we believe in the endeavor of keeping the world reading and writing,

markers of both humanity’s intelligence and depth of understanding.

In the inspiring words of publisher Bill Henderson:

“The commercial world informs us that this is an impossible dream. Oligarchs pick our entertainments, our celebrities, our presidents and our wars. We children of the spirit are yesterday’s news, if we ever were news. Yet the Pushcart Prize, the small presses and authors we honor, have flourished. The reason? Spirit will never be quelled, certainly not by big bucks and bluster.”

Congrats to all our nominees and best of luck from Austin, TX.

Image credit: “Istanbul № 8” by Sascha Kohlmann, used under CC BY | Resized from original

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