2022 James Welch Prize

Winners

Halee Kirkwood: Sublime Dream as the Fabulous Night Panther; On Moccasin Mike Road

Halee Kirkwood is a direct descendant of the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe, with poems published recently in Poem-A-Day, Water~Stone Review, Muzzle Magazine, and others.

Melanie Merle: Warmouth; Calling Back the Birds

Melanie Merle is an associate editor for a literary and art publication, Inverted Syntax. Her work is forthcoming in the anthology Infinite Constellations: Speculating Us (University of Alabama Press).

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Finalists

Selected by poets from the board and advisory committee of In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets) with the editors of Poetry Northwest

Sean Sam • Jessica Cohn • Delaney Keshena • Max Early • Tacey M. Atsitty

POEMS BY 2022 WINNERS & FINALISTS APPEAR IN THE SUMMER & FALL 2022 ISSUE