Barrett Past Winners

2024

1st Place Polka Dotted Spring Poem by Alaina Schnell
2nd Place My Father’s Love by Alana DeMaggio
3rd Place 40 More Ounces: A White Trash Romance by Lexi Drysdale
4th Place The Fallen Orchard by Omar Abueida
5th Place SENDER by Hassan Almaliki
5th Place The Real Dance by Kalimah Gardner
5th Place Canvas by Kalimah Gardner
5th Place Perfect Strangers by Kalimah Gardner

2023

1st Place Pink by Sean Moylan
2nd Place Blackish by D'Machia Milom
2nd Place Siren by D'Machia Milom
2nd Place Run. Hide. Fight. by D'Machia Milom
3rd Place Sweet Lies by Kalimah Gardner
3rd Place She's A Monster by Kalimah Gardner
3rd Place They Say It Passes by Kalimah Gardner
3rd Place Hands I Miss by Kalimah Gardner
3rd Place Trophy by Kalimah Gardner
3rd Place Stages of Grief by Tatyanna Banks
3rd Place Opium Poppy by Tatyanna Banks
3rd Place Purity by Tatyanna Banks

2022

1st Place Never Yours by Joaquin Bear
2nd Place Land Mines by Ashley Trent
3rd Place Poems about Love and the Lack Thereof by Alayna Will
4th Place Doll Eyes by Kalimah Gardner
5th Place Don't Look by Georgia Beatty
5th Place Time by Georgia Beatty
5th Place Worms by Georgia Beatty
Honorable Mention Haiku Collection by Darcy Pastor

2021

2nd Place Noise by Harper Vanden Bosch
3rd Place "12 Gods," "Ladies Is Trouble," and "Poem 3" by Hassan Darwiche

2020

1st Place The Story of Her by Malack Jallad
2nd Place Cold Ravioli by Elizabeth Dicks
3rd Place The Patchwork by Zahra Lahiji
3rd Place These Broken Ruins by Zahra Lahiji
3rd Place Calluses by Zahra Lahiji
3rd Place Questioning a Silent Witness by Zahra Lahiji
4th Place Torn by Kalani Olatunji
4th Place Fat Shamed Pains by Kalani Olatunji
5th Place Where the Pigeon Lands by Razanne Zaghloul

2019

1st Place Spaghetti by Justin Randles
1st Place Old Friends by Justin Randles
1st Place Boxes and Other Assorted Junk by Justin Randles
2nd Place Girl Power by Baraka Elmadari
2nd Place Handlebar Hijabs and Skipping Synopses by Baraka Elmadari
2nd Place Untitled by Baraka Elmadari
3rd Place 10 O'Clock on the State Street Bridge by Chastity Dodd
3rd Place The Help That Makes You Helpless by Chastity Dodd
5th Place Jason by Sarah LeFranc

2018

1st Place Things I Forgot (Vignettes) by Justin Randles
1st Place Another, Another Day by Justin Randles
2nd Place There Are No Words by Sarah Williams
3rd Place October by Brendon Vincent
3rd Place Blushing at a Distance by Brendon Vincent
3rd Place Act Four by Brendon Vincent
4th Place To Silence the Silence by Ismail Abu Hayyeh
4th Place To Be Late Is to Be Forgotten by Ismail Abu Hayyeh
5th Place Batteries Not Included by Dawn Isby

2017 Barret Awards Ceremony Audio

1st Place “is Torre Bert on MySpace?” by Isobel Brown
2nd Place Cadillac by Joshua Hillary
2nd Place Cricket in a Jar by Joshua Hillary
2nd Place Rift by Joshua Hillary
2nd Place These Are My Hands by Deborah C. Springstead
2nd Place An Ordinary Woman by Deborah C. Springstead
3rd Place The Rusty Oak Tavern by Aaron Matney
4th Place Race by Gloria Niles
4th Place Egypt by Bashair Pasha

2016 Barret Awards Ceremony Audio

1st Place Happy Together by Kara Frank
1st Place Vinyl by Kara Frank
2nd Place Fubar by Iman Saleh
2nd Place Ode to Forgotten Skin by Ayat AL-Tamimi
2nd Place The Incident on the Plane by Ayat AL-Tamimi
2nd Place The Way the Waves Crash by Ayat AL-Tamimi
3rd Place Kitchen Table by Brittney Arafat
3rd Place Falling Together by Brittney Arafat
3rd Place The Stains on the Surface by Brittney Arafat
3rd Place The High Price of Cheating by Brittney Arafat
4th Place Awaybound by Malik Clifton
4th Place Dos Amigos y Una Bicicleta by Marcus Olah
4th Place Love Through a Prism by Malik G. Clifton
4th Place Stasis by Malik Clifton
4th Place Bisected by Malik Clifton

2015

1st Place Ode to Jimmy by Genee Williams
2nd Place Factory Rats by Miles Tinsley
2nd Place Something Lost, Something Broken, Something Found by by Brittney Arafat
2nd Place Behind Closed Doors by Brittney Arafat
2nd Place Mona Talks by Rana Makki
2nd Place Summer Boys by Brittney Arafat
3rd Place Depth by Lauren Church

2014 Barret Awards Ceremony Audio

1st Place The Difference Between Us by Kalie Humbarger
2nd Place Red and Strapless by Benjamin Villa
3rd Place Out of the Asylum, Into the Madhouse by Kevin Jurado
4th Place Dillon / To Grow Up by Samad Halimah Amatullah

2013 Barret Awards Ceremony Audio

1st Place Feet on Fire / Stained Glass Leaves / This Song by Elizabeth Roberts
3rd Place Blank Sky / Orange Thieves by Ali Hammoud
4th Place Growing Pains by Emily Day
5th Place Raggab / The Ultimate Mistake by Amir Al-Aswad

2012

1st Place Time for a New One (For CMJ) by Frank DeBoever
1st Place No Man on the Moon by Frank DeBoever
2nd Place Happy Birthday by Marwa Harp
3rd Place Work by Brittany Watts
4th Place Kaleidoscope Glasses by Jordan Barr
4th Place Beautiful Haunt by Jordan Barr
4th Place The Star, Pluto by Jordan Barr
4th Place Pancakes, Warm and Fluffy by Jordan Barr
5th Place Soothing Little Baby Booka by Reynold Rush

2011 Barret Awards Ceremony Audio

1st Place Jog by Salah Berri
2nd Place Shower by Justin Rogers
3rd Place To Then, From Now by Sitrillah Gellani

2010

1st Place U.S. Soldier's Poem by Sarah Monhollen
2nd Place Rift by Malik Elmadari
3rd Place A Night at the Shelter by Kyle Moylan

2009

1st Place Consistent Behavior by Dan Hidalgo
2nd Place Emails from Heaven by Dennis Rymarz
3rd Place Everybody Likes Cher by Marina Vorobieva