We are pleased to announce that Malaika King Albrecht is the winner of the 1st Annual Poetry Southeast Poetry Contest. She will be awarded $200, and her poem “Magician’s Assistant” will appear in our Summer 2007 Issue.

Finalists (whose poems will also appear in our Summer 2007 Issue) include the following:

“The Gypsy” by Rebecca Buchanan
“Daddy at the Stove” by Danielle Sellers
“Rapunzel, After” by Jeannine Hall Gailey
“In Which Christina Imagines . . . “ by Christina Marie Olson
“Talking to Snakes” by Peter Huggins
“Cherries” by Benjamin Gotschall
“The Drowned Husband” by Malaika King Albrecht

Poetry Southeast sponsors an annual poetry award to encourage and reward excellence in poetry and to promote the publishing of poetry on the Internet. The award will be given to the best UNPUBLISHED poem submitted to Poetry Southeast between June 1st and August 31st of each year. The winner will be awarded $200 and will be published by Poetry Southeast in an upcoming issue. All submissions should be sent to editor@poetrysoutheast.com. Please attach poetry as a Microsoft Word document. Subject line should read CONTEST SUBMISSION. E-mails not containing this subject line will NOT be considered for contest. Simultaneously submissions ARE welcome, provided we are notified immediately of the poem's acceptance elsewhere. Entry fee is $10 for 1-5 poems. To pay the $10 contest fee, click on the BUY NOW button below.