The shortlists of The 2024 Isele Prizes have been announced and the Poetry list features Melissa Sussens (Slaughterhouse, Karavan Press, 2022) and Kharys Ateh Laue (who has co-authored a collection of stories with Caitlin Stobie that Karavan Press will be publishing later this year). You can read their stunning poems here:
Instead Of Measuring My Life In Productivity | Melissa Sussens
And: the winners of New Contrast‘s 2023 National Poetry Prize have been announced:
(Kerry published her latest collection of poetry, afterwards, with Karavan Press and Keith was the winner of the Short.Sharp.Stories competition last year and featured in Fluid: The Freedom to Be.)
All three winning poems will be featured in the upcoming issue of New Contrast at the end of April.
The 2023 judges were Sindiswa Busuku, Nondwe Mpuma and Sarah Lubala.
The National Poetry Prize sponsor is Bruce Jack Wines.
Congratulations to all!
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