2025 Ned Foskey Poetry Prize Winners Announced

Kalamazoo Valley is excited to announce this year's Ned Foskey Poetry Prize winners.

"There were many strong poems in this year's submission pool," Kalamazoo Valley English teacher and judge, Robert Post said. "Narrowing it down to three winners and eight honorable mentions was not an easy task."

Congratulations to the following poets:

First Prize

• "Pandora's Memories" by Katherine Basch

Second Prize

• "Nothing and Everything (A Sestina)" by Giuliana Bush

Third Prize

• "Ode to Brook Farm Bats" by Max Orlando Cosier

Honorable Mentions:

• "Witch Weather" by Lillian DeVisser
• "Bleeding Out" by Lillian DeVisser
• "To the Palm Colored people" by Brithany A. Ramirez
• "Gray" by Joy Wolfe
• "Ghost in My Mirror" by Joy Wolfe
• "Mountain Daffodils" by Sophia Wherley
• "Rehearsal Nights" by Natalie Shank
• "Weird Kid" by Sophia Wherley

Join us at the Center for New Media to hear the winners read their work on May 2 at 7:30 p.m.

Thank you to everyone who participated!