Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “forgive me, this is not a love poem” by Lilah Warren, first place winner of the senior category.

Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Our Yearly Sun Turns Around” by Jessica Zhao, first place winner of the junior category.

Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Ekphrastic of Diē” by Cheryl Chen, second place winner of the senior category.

Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “River Run Dry” by Emma Han, second place winner of the junior category.

Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Google searches the night after graduation” by Zagreus Zheng, third place winner of the senior category.

Poetry Pause celebrates the winners of the 2024 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize for young writers! Read “Bottles born to shatter” by Elizabeth Bernal, third place winner of the junior category.