Passionfruit Poetry 2024

The prizewinning and commended poems of the Passionfruit Poetry Prize 2024, selected by Aaron Poochigian, are published in this special issue of The Passionfruit Review.

1st prize: ‘Hotpot Fridays’ by Brittany Atkinson
2nd prize: ‘Provincetown’ by Deig Sullivan
3rd prize: ‘Glass House’ by Tom McLaughlin

A note from Aaron Poochigian on the entries:

It was a pleasure to read poems devoted to love in its various manifestations. They ranged everywhere from individual experiences of lust to tributes to decades of marriage. I have judged contests in the past. The poems submitted for this prize were the strongest I have seen. When it came time to make final decisions, I went for poems whose imagery nabbed me and whose craft was impeccable.

Cover art: ‘Apricity’ by Claudia Tong