2021 6th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Contest Winners

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Prune Juice

First Place:

courtroom––
how white the shirt
of the rapist

— Arvinder Kaur

Second Place:

first cry . . .
I too am born
a mother

— Agnes Eva Savich

Third Place:

white privilege––
a protester asks
to use the bathroom

—Kelley White

2020 5th Annual H. Gene Murtha Memorial Senryu Contest Winners

Posted on July 1, 2020 by Prune Juice

the lingering notes
of an out of tune piano
burying grandpa

— Louise Hopewell

lockdown loving
the surprise of wild
nose hairs

— Roberta Beary

chemotherapy
she takes a selfie with
the new wig

— Minal Sarosh

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Prune Juice

ultrasound gel
as she circles the probe
I read her face

— Madhuri Pillai

strip-o-gram
everyone’s standards
go lower

— Elizabeth Crocket

shriveled flesh
the impermanence
of bath bubbles

— Kelly Sauvage Angel