Thank You

Oprelle Publications is very proud, honored, and humbled in announcing the winners of our 2021 “Rise Up” Poetry Contest. The caliber of writing and the competition was intense this year. 

FINALISTS

Away from darkness, Lina Buividavičiūtė
Who Longs to be Set Free, Laura Bishop
on belay below el capitan, Michelle Mo
Finished, Heidi Sander
The Forest of my Mind, Heidi Sander
A Prairie's Prayer, Jill Literski
Fertile Ground, Julie Conge
Child of war, Lina Buividavičiūtė
World call from Apathy, Lina Buividavičiūtė
red white and blue tears, Jennifer Horner
Marigolds to Sunflowers, Paramjit Kalkat
Being Polaris, Disha Khandelwal
Seasons, -Sathyani Kotakadeniya
Gratitude, Susan Ksiezopolski
I am the knight , Willeena Booker
The small little dream, Vijay Likhite
My depression and husband, Lina Buividavičiūtė
Escape from your darkness, Lina Buividavičiūtė
TRANSFORMED NOT DESTROYED, Ayana Sloan
I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS POOR, Roy Peterson
Ashes of Dream, Sandeep Kumar Mishra
life after what I believed to be love, Eiriana Zhou
Petals, Josephine Mitchell
There Are Some Flowers That Make It Through the Winter, Makeen Yasar
Until He Dies, He Lives, Brad Lussier
Recovery, Emma Jayne Willson
TIGER, Dee A. Robb
Somehow I Became Willing, John Wallace
As Long As It Lasts, Cynthia Mot
Weed in the Garden, LaToya Martin
K-Awakening, Kyle Carper
A fighter I am, Rosie Vaca
Safe Space, Alan Ormiston

 

Congratulations to all of our Winners and Finalists. We loved all of your poems! Please email if there are any needed changes to titles or names. All the Best! Oprelle Staff