Monday, August 08, 2016
Kevin McLellan Wins the 2016 Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award
Kevin McLellan of Cambridge, Massachusetts has won the 15th Annual Oscar Wilde Award for his poem titled Anonymity. Kevin McLellan received a cash prize of $100.00 and his poem has been published by Gival Press. Gina R. Evers served as the judge.
Kevin McLellan is the author of Tributary (Barrow Street); the chapbook Round Trip (Seven Kitchens), a collaborative series with numerous women poets; and the book arts project [box] (Letter [r] Press). McLellan won the 2015 Third Coast Poetry Prize, and his poems have appeared in journals including American Letters & Commentary, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Kenyon Review, West Branch, Western Humanities Review, Witness, and several others. He lives in Cambridge MA.
Honorable Mentions:
Midwestern Gothic by Laura Mayron of Chesnut Hill, MA
The Pulse by Catherine Johnson of Livermore, CA
Taken by Kevin McLellan of Cambridge, MA
Good Humor Man by Teresa Stones of Hartford, CT