TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY
Turtle Island Poetry Award
Sorry, there will be no contest this year.
previous winners:
Turtle Island Poetry Awards:
2013: Michael Spring for Blue Wolf
2014: Katherine Soniat for The Goodbye Animals
2015: Sara Backer for Bicycle Lotus
2016: Ted Jean for Desultory Sonnets
2017: Darryl Lorenzo Wellington for Life's Prisoners
Editor's Choice Chapbook Awards:
2014: Joan Colby for Pro Forma
2015: Judith Arcana for Here from Somewhere Else
2016: Martin Willitts Jr. for The Wire Fence Holding Back the World
and Gary Lark for River of Solace
2017 Sara Clancy for Ghost Logic
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ISSUE 13 SUMMER/FALL 2017
ISSUE12 SPRING/2017
ISSUE 11FALL/WINTER 2016
ISSUE 10 Spring/Fall 2016
ISSUE 9 Summer/Fall 2015
ISSUE 8 SPRING/2015
ISSUE7 WINTER/2015
TIQ6: Fall Issue 2014
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Winter 2022/2023
2 poems by Michael Lauchlan, 4 poems by Sara Backer,
2 poems by Barbara Parchim, a poem by Lorrie Ness,
a poem by Pepper Trail, a poem by Mark DeCarteret,
and 2 poems by Michael Spring
featured poet: Michael Spring (4 poems),poem by Lorrie Ness, 2 poems by Joan Mazza,poem by Jared Smith, poem by Barbara Parchim,poem by Paul Willis, poem byJ.I. Kleinberg,poem by Emily Ransdell, poem by Tim Mayo,poem by Brett Warren,poem by Bill Griffin,poem by Richard Weaver, and haiku by Xiaoly Li
enter here, issue 23
2 poems by LORRIE NESS, 2 poems by BILL GRIFFIN, a poem by PAUL J. WILLIS,
2 poems by ELEANOR KEDNEY, a poem by CHRIS ANDERSON,
a poem by KOLBE RINER, 2 poems by LIZ WEIR,
2 poems by JC ALFIER, a poem by JERRY SMALDONE
Winter/Spring 2020
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 18
featuring:
Peter Grandbois, Sara Backer, Paul Jones, Barbara Daniels,
Sam Barbee, Al Ortolani, Martin Willitts Jr., William Cullen Jr.,
Michael Spring, Jonah Bornstein, John Davis, John L. Stanizzi
Fall/Winter 2021
Poems by Lorrie Ness ( featured poet), Peter Grandbois, Karen McPherson, Michael Spring, Darryl Lorenzo Wellington, Sara Backer, Paul Willis, P. L. Watts, Michael Estabrook, Robert Knox, Claire Keyes, Roger Camp, Suzanne S. Rancourt, Wayne Allen Jones, Jared Smith, and an essay by Chila Woychik
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 21
Summer 2021
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2 poems by Vivian Eyre, poem by Jayne Marek, poem by
Mary Beth Hines, 2 poems by Mark DeCarteret,
poem by Barbara Parchim, poem by Will Cordeiro,
poem by Kathleen Brewin Lewis, 2 poems by Michael Spring,
poem by Caroline Johnson, poem by Barbara Daniels,
poem by Martin Willitts Jr., poem by Pepper Trail,
poem by Sara Backer, poem by John L. Stanizzi,
lyric essay by M.J.Iuppa
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 22
2022
featured poet: Peter Grandbois ( 3 poems),
with special feature:
Ukraniane poet Lyudmyla Diadchenko/ translated by Padma Thornlyre,
2 poems by Joan Mazza, poem by Lorrie Ness, poem by Sara Backer,
poem by Elisabeth Harrahy, 2 poems by Tamara Kaye Sellman,
poem by Leonore Wilson, poem by Mary Beth Hines, poem by Michael Spring,
poem by Robert Beveridge, 2 poems by Charles Rossiter,
and another special feature: 3 poems by contributing editor Jared Smith
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TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 19
Spring/Summer 2020
Featured poets: SARA BACKER and GEORGE DREW
Book Reviews by MARGE SIMON and JARED SMITH
Poems by LORRIE NESS, WILLIAM DORESKI,
GERARD SARNAT, JOAN COLBY,
BARBARA PARCHIM, KIKA DORSEY,
MICHAEL LAUCHLAN, JOHN GREY,
ELIZABETH WEIR, ANNETTE SISSON,
MARTIN WILLITTS JR., JOHN L. STANIZZI,
and a story by JIM ROSS
TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 17 SPRING/SUMMER 2019
featuring: Sara Backer, Terri Kirby Erickson, Martin Willitts Jr,
Daniel Romo, Mark Thalman, Roger Camp, David P Miller, Michael Jones, Storey Clayton, Jennifer Markell,
Michael Spring, DS Maolalai, Sarah Hase, Gerard Sarnat
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TURTLE ISLAND QUARTERLY 16 Winter/2019
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Chapter 1: April Pameticky, Rodney Nelson, Florence Weinberger, Carter McKenzie’s “Stem of Us” by Tom Titus / Chapter 2: Mike Lewis-Beck, Sara Backer,Changming Yuan, aGerard Sarnat / Chapter 3: Kirtland Snyder, Janet McCann, Pepper Trail, Paul Willis, Martin Willitts Jr Chapter 4: Jane Yolan, Donna O’Connell-Gilmore, Mathew V. Spano, James Dott, Amy Law