Jim Muyres of Mankato, Minnesota is the winner of The Barbara Sykes Memorial Award for a humorous poem in the 2023 PSM Annual Poetry Contest.

David James in Rattle.
Recorded January 25 by The Crazy Wisdom Poetry Circle, a PSM member group. (Click the Photo)
Thomas Lynch’s most recent of twelve books are The Depositions—New & Selected Essays (W.W. Norton, 2020) and Bone Rosary—New & Selected Poems (David R. Godine, 2021). He is finishing a novel which he fears might finish him. He keeps homes in Michigan and West Clare, Ireland.
A new online magazine edited by Robert Hunter features poetry and short fiction and is now accepting no-fee submissions. The inaugural issue is now available to read for free.
“I will read and respond to submissions quickly. I’ll publish the second volume when I have received enough quality writing to fill 20 or 30 pages. Submit work of any kind to detroitlitmag@gmail.com.
With my whole heart,
Robert Hunter”