2020 WINNER: IMANI ELIZABETH JACKSON’S "HYDROGRAPHY #4"

Read Imani Elizabeth Jackson's award-winning entry, "Hydrography #4" in Issue Nine of The Arkansas International this fall. 

EDITOR’S CHOICE:

“Barrows Goldeneye” by John Okrent

FINALISTS:

“Roost” by Alejandro Lemus-Gomez
“Blacula’s Love Song” by Christian Collier
“The Arachnologist” by Benjamin Gucciardi

2020 JUDGE: HANIF ABDURRAQIB

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. His first collection of poems, The Crown Ain't Worth Much, was released in 2016 and was nominated for the Hurston-Wright Legacy Award. His first collection of essays, They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, was released in fall 2017 by Two Dollar Radio.