The New Engagement is happy to announce the winners of our Flash Fiction Contest:
FIRST PLACE: Thomas Garcia, "La Lomita"
SECOND PLACE: Rick Krizman, "It Was You"
THIRD PLACE: Rios de la Luz, "Dirt"
Congratulations to our three winners, and a big thank you to those who participated. We enjoyed reviewing your work.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of The James Baldwin Literature Prize of $1,000 to Hafsa Musa. With words, images, and sensations otherwise overlooked, unseen, or only ineffably experienced, Hafsa Musa’s three poems, “Wagmu Pejuia,” “Roundhouse Theory,” and “Autumnal Whip,” capture profound phenomena in natural and unnatural worlds alike. Earth, texture, political trespasses, psychological massacre, and historical derangement meld, reshape, and give life to a formidable perspective. Musa's poetry collection will appear in the inaugural print issue of The New Engagement, releasing in late-March 2017, along with the other finalists. Read the Print Issue No. 1 preview.
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