Contests

Boston Review no longer hosts contests. A list of prior winners of our short story and poetry contests can be found below.

Aura Estrada Short Story Contest

Parashar Kulkarni, The Origin of Cow Therapy (2022)
Yiru Zhang, Dear Mothers, We Are No Longer Lost (2021)
Yeoh Jo-Ann, Dog Tiger Horse (2020)
Sabrina Helen Li, Mother, Grow My Baby (Fall 2019)
Neshat Khan, The Neighbors (Spring 2019)
Herselman Hattingh, The Recorder (2018)
Gina Balibrera, Álvaro (2017)
Mikayla Ávila Vilá, Trumpeteers (2016)
Barbara Hamby, Dole Girl (2015)
Leslee Becker, Severance (2014)
Kerry-Lee Powell, There Are Two Pools You May Drink From (2013)
Alexandra Thom, The Piano (2012)
Kalpana Narayanan, Aviator on the Prowl (2011)
Adam Sturtevant, How Do I Explain? (2010)
Jessica Treglia, Canceled (2009)
Patricia Engel, Desaliento (2008)
Padma Viswanathan, Transitory Cities (2007)
Tiphanie Yanique, How to Escape from a Leper Colony (2006)
Lisa Chipongian, Intramuros (2005)
D. S. Sulaitis, If It’s Anywhere, It’s Behind Us (2004)
Gale Renee Walden, Men I Don’t Talk to Anymore (2003)
Manini Nayar, Home Fires (2002)
Kate Small, One Night a Year (2001)
Girija Tropp, The Pretty Ones Have Their Uses (2001)
Pauls Toutonghi, Regeneration (2000)
Jacob M. Appel, Shell Game with Organs (1999)
Kris Saknussemm, Unpracticed Fingers Bungle Sadly Over Tiny Feathered Bodies (1998)
Kiki Delancey, Jules Jr Michael Jules Jr (1997)
Mary Ann Jannazo, No Runs, No Hits, No One Left on Base (1996)
Tom Paine, The Milkman & I (1995)
Michael Dorris, Layaway (1994)

Annual Poetry Contest

Njoku Nonso (2022)
Adebe DeRango-Adem and Simone Person (2021)
Cheswayo Mphanza (2020)
C. X. Hua (2019)
Kim Parko (2018)
Mia Kang (2017)
Cori A. Winrock (2016)
Safiya Sinclair (2015)
Francine J. Harris (2014)
Scott Coffel (2013)
Sarah Crossland (2012)
Heather Tone (2011)
Anthony Caleshu (2010)
John Gallaher (2009)
Sarah Arvio (2008)
Elizabeth Willis (2007)
Marc Gaba (2006)
Mike Perrow (2005)
Michael Tod Edgerton (2004)
Susan Wheeler (2003)
Max Winter (2002)
D. A. Powell (2001)
Christopher Edgar (2000)
Stephanie Strickland (1999)
Daniel Bosch (1998)

Unterberg Discovery Poetry Contest

In addition to Boston Review’s own annual poetry contest, the magazine partnered with the Unterberg Poetry Center at the 92nd Street Y to publish winners of their annual Discovery Poetry Contest between 2008 and 2018. Those winners are listed below.

2018: Heidi Johannsen Poon, Jake Skeets, Monica Sok, Paul Tran
2017: James Henry Knippen, Erika Luckert, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Courtney Faye Taylor
2016: Ryan Fox, Carlie Hoffman, Gala Mukomolova, Miller Oberman
2015: Jessica Field, Jenny George, Margaret Reges, Kit Schluter
2014: Meghan Maguire Dahn, Jeremy Schmidt, Justin Boening, Nava EtShalom
2013: Catherine Blauvelt, Julia Guez, Erika L. Sánchez,  Raena Shirali
2012: Mario Chard, Rebecca Hazelton, Rosalie Moffett, Franke Varca
2011: Ansel Elkins, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Adam Roberts, Solmaz Sharif
2010: Chelsea Jennings, Brandon Keitler, Camille Rankine, Tanya Olson
2009: Bridget Lowe, Jynne Dilling Martin, Jeffrey Schultz, Annabelle Yeeseul Yoo
2008: Bridgette Bates, Barbara Claire Freeman, Cynthia Lowen, Frances Justine Post