Benny Manibog of Denver wins 2024 Fischer prize.
The Telluride Institute’s Talking Gourds Poetry Program is proud to announce the winner of the 7th Annual Cantor Prize for Poetry: Benny Manibog of Denver for his poem, Honeycombs.
This year 68 poets submitted 320 poems in the Cantor contest. In addition to the first place $1000 prize, the contest features five $100 Outstanding Finalist prizes, plus four Honorable Mentions. Poems, photos of poets and bios can be accessed at www.tellurideinstitute.org/fischer-cantor
The five Outstanding Finalists for the 2024 Cantor Prize are Erica Reid of Fort Collins with The Joy of Flying Paper Airplanes, Ginger Ayla of Trinidad with Self-Portrait as Burn Out, Marissa Grunes of Boulder with Erosion, Carol Guerrero-Murphy of Denver with Imperatives, and Kathryn Jordan of California with Fire Lookout.
The four Honorable Mentions include Kelly Vande Plasse of Fort Collins with two poems: One Snake and Singing Stone, Everett Wilson of Crestone with Peeling Grapefruit, and Matthew Wimberley of North Carolina with Self-Portrait with Magpie.
The Cantor Prize is awarded annually to poets from Colorado on any subject or English-language poets from anywhere writing about Colorado. Past Cantor winners include Jane Hilberry of Colorado Springs, Renee Podunovich of Dolores, Mark Oreskovich of Pueblo, Madison Gill Silva of Montrose, Wendy Videlock of Palisade “Our national poetry contests are the primary way poets can help us support the many poetry projects we do on Colorado’s Western Slope,” said Talking Gourd Director Art Goodtimes, “with the bonus that one might also win a prize. Additionally, we offer feedback on submissions, if desired.”
For more information on the Talking Gourds Poetry Program and its national Fischer and Cantor poetry contests, visit our website.
