Winner of the Oscar Wilde Poetry Award

Congratulations to George Klawitter of Notre Dame, Indiana who has won the 19th Annual Oscar Wilde Award-2020 for his poem titled Twenty. Michael Rodman last year’s winner served as the judge, who read the entrees anonymously. George Klawitter received a cash prize of $500.00 and his poem is published at Gival Press websites.

Finalists:

Marsha P. Johnson Is Arrested for the One-Hundred-and-First, and Last, Time

by Arnaldo Batista of Dania, Florida.

When I Realized I Was a Green Tree Frog in Another Life

by Grant Chemidlin of Los Angeles, California.

Acetate Love

by Natasha Dennerstain of Oakland, California.

Love Potion #9 (Revisited)

by Octavio Gonzalez of Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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• Publisher