2017 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize

Ruminate Winter 2017 features the 2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize recipients awarded by judge Shane McCrae:

First Place
“Elizabeth Asks” by Maggie Blake Bailey
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Second Place
“Bookend Quote from Bro. Yao” by Amanda Hawkins

Honorable Mention
‘”All These Months Since Your Diagnosis” by Emily Ransdell

Finalists whose works are also included in the issue: Jen Stewart Fueston, Dante Di Stefano, Janine Certo, Mason Henderson, Jake Crist, Jehanne Dubrow, Kerri Vinson Snell, Charity Gingerich, John Sibley Williams, Berwyn Moore, and Mark Wagenaar.