Young Poets: Shortlist
A Horse Dreams of Beethoven
Daniel Boyko New Jersey, United States
Red Tide
Daniel Boyko New Jersey, United States
paean
Kaylee Chen South Carolina, United States
Deranged Sestina// Or to Outdress a Coffin & Name it Self-Harm
Samuel Nnadi Nigeria
And Kicking
Arjun Ram
London, England
Young Poets: Honorable Mention
A Hospital Room
Abigail Fang California, United
States
Elegy for a Beached Dog, Demented
Yong-Yu Huang Penang, Malaysia
In Remembrance
Fiona Lu California, United States
Biographies and inspiration for the poems
Nnadi Samuel (he/him/his) is an aboriginal youth & student of a Prestigious College. Winner of the Miracle Monocle Award for Ambitious Student Writers 2021(University of Louisville), Penrose Poetry Prize 2021, Lakefly Poetry Contest 2021 (Wisconsin), the International Human Right Arts Festival Award 2021, and Canadian Open Drawer contest 2020. He received an honorable mention for the 2021 Betty L. Yu and Jin C.Yu Creative Writing Prize(College Category). He tweets @Samuelsamba10.
He said: "My poem Deranged Sestina//or To Outdress a Coffin & name it Self-Harm is inspired by the urgency to lend a voice to neurodivergent patients all around the globe."
