Winners in the American Writers Review 2025 Contest

It’s been a difficult process, but we have chosen the winners of this year’s contest. Because of a tied score, the cash prize will be split between By Mary K. O’Melveny for In My Dream, The US Department of Fish & Wildlife Still Existed and I Could Read Its Biennial Butterfly Reports and Maryam Imogen Ghouth for The Clearing.

 These poems, and the other finalists will be published in American Writers Review 2025.

 Thanks to all who entered the contest, and to our judges, Barry Lee Thompson and Margaret McCaffrey.

Again, the finalists are:

The Clearing (Co-Winner)

By Maryam Imogen Ghouth

 A Man Grieves for His Car

By Henry Hank Greenspan

 In My Dream, The US Department of Fish & Wildlife

Still Existed and I Could Read Its Biennial Butterfly Reports (Co-Winner)

By Mary K. O’Melveny

 Failure: Shipboard Meeting, Singapore Harbor 1994

By Joel Savishinsky

 From The New World

By Michael Smith

 Four Fables Warning How to Fail a Costume Sale

By Andre Wilson

 
Thank you to everyone who entered the contest.

D Ferrara, Editor

American Writers Review 2025

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American Writers Review 2023

Captured in a Moment…(Blink)

Here is a sneak peek at the cover. Thanks to the wonderful Carol MacAllister for use of her painting, "Betwixt"

San Fedele Press is pleased to announce the winner in American Writers Review 2023 contest. 

On a Dime

By

Christine Andersen

Many thanks to Colin Pink, the judge of this year’s contest.

Finalists

(in reverse alphabetical order)

Katie Toskaner - Windows

David Slay – I See You

Ellen Hirning Schmidt - Happenchance

Joel Savishinsky – Cooped Up in South Seatlle

Dion Oreilly - Passwords

Fiona Hankenson – Steak Pies in St. Andrews

Karen Frenkel - Springtime

Anne Casey - Endurance

Ruth Bonapace - Stigmata

Paul Beckman – The Last Chapter

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Kimberly Kenna Pazienza

Thanks to all who submitted, and our wonderful judges!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our reading,
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We are pleased to announce the Finalists for the American Writers Review 2022 Contest

Geri Lipschultz Abroad in the Season of Masks

Ruth Bonapace Convulsion

Lisa Bledsoe Frankie's Glass Eye

Kimberly Kenna Pazienza

Natalie Harrison Purging Diary

Mandy Pennington Save My Seat

Pat Ryan Say Hello to Pudgy

Cindy Pope That Damned Blue Dress

Jean Ende The Best Is Yet To Be

Joel Savishinsky The Ghost of Schubert Walks with Me in Winter

Christina Reiss The Way Out

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Many thanks to our judges:

Dawn Leas

Carol MacAllister

Vicki Mayk

Lori Myers

D Ferrara, Editor

Wayne Benson, Poetry Editor

Patricia A. Florio, Founder

American Writers Review 2022

Introducing Our Poetry Editor

Wayne Benson

San Fedele Press is pleased to announce that Wayne Benson will be Poetry Editor of American Writer Review 2022 - The End or the Beginning. We are thrilled that he will join the team of D Ferrara, Pat Florio, and Dale Louise .

Wayne Benson is a poet, writer, and editor from Easton, Pennsylvania. He earned his MFA with the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University. Wayne currently has poems published in Crêpe & Penn Magazine, Mineral Lit Magazine, perhappened magazine, and The Elevation Review. Wayne currently runs his own podcast, Basement Poetry Podcast, where he, quite literally, talks about poetry in his basement.

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American Writers Review 2021 -

Turmoil and Recovery

We are pleased to announce the Winners of American Writers Review 2021 – Turmoil and Recovery contest. For the first time, we have a tie.

Our Prime Minister Says the Vaccine is Not a Silver Bullet by Anne Casey

Requiem for Believers by A. Rabaduex

Thanks to Everyone Who Submitted

Contest Finalists

We at American Writers Review 2021 – Turmoil and Recovery have been overwhelmed by the number and quality of our contest entries.  It was difficult to choose our finalists – all of which will be published – but here they are:

Fear of Flying by Jennifer Lagie

IF (Barbie discovers that Ken is a Proud Boy) by Anita Pulier

Our Prime Minister Says the Vaccine is Not a Silver Bullet by Anne Casey

Red Sky Day by Elizabeth Browne

Requiem for Believers by A. Rabaduex

Shadows of Covid by Katie Toskaner

Soon by DeWitt Clinton

Stop by Rachel Elam

Tearing Down the Wall by Mona Miller

Therapy by Sheree La Puma

Thanks to everyone who submitted, and to our wonderful judges: Jean Colonomos, Richard Key, Lenore Hart, Margaret McCaffrey, Patrick O’Neil, Holly Tappen

New! Limited edition, full-color print version of Art in the Time of COVID-19!

In March, sheltering in place, disoriented, sad, and angry. we at San Fedele Press decided to ask writers and artists to submit work expressing their views of the pandemic. We cast a wide net and received a deluge of submissions from all over the world.

Art in the Time of COVID-19 is now available on Amazon, in e-book land special, full-color print formats. Working on this book has helped us get through the past few months. Over 150 writers and artists contributed to this important work, sharing their experiences in the pandemic.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Doctors Without Borders.

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American Writers Review 2020

Thank you to all our contributors, judges and staff.

Art in the Time of COVID-19

Submissions for this special project are now closed.

For a glimpse of what is included:

“…a perfect carry around book…the American Writers Review proves to be compelling, and offers both insight and entertainment. It's a book worth reading.”

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Meet Our Contributors!

As we readied American Writers Review for press, we asked some of our contributors to tell us their thoughts.  Give a look.

One Small Step....

  With each new issue of American Writers Review, the editors and writers tried to find the best writing to share with their readers.  

We hope to continue, not from where we left off, but from where we strive to be.

Patricia Florio

After co-founding the Jersey Shore Writers and the original East Meets West American Writers Review, I found it only natural to save D Ferrara from herself when she blurted out a promise to publish the "jewels" of a writers' retreat in Chianti.  We created a wonderful book.  We didn't kill each other.  We decided to be partners.

D Ferrara

I used to think that writing kept me sane.  Maybe it did. But with age, came a Vespa - evidence that writing may have other side effects.  Then Pat Florio asked me to work with her on American Writers Review. It seemed an even better result.