This year, “A Matter of Taste: Poems of Hunger and Thirst” by Deborah Ketai was chosen as the winning manuscript. This will be Deborah’s first ever published collection at the age of 72. Thank you again to all the entrants for participating this year.
Deborah Ketai (she/her) writes from the intersection of bipolarity, bisexuality, and creative self-doubt, leavened with humor and wordplay. Her work has appeared in Rattle, Think, and many other venues. She and her wife live in Connecticut’s Naugatuck River Valley. 
