The Journal is thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry competition: Karin Gottshall. Karin’s manuscript, The River Won’t Hold You, will be published later this year.

We received over six hundred manuscripts for consideration and would like to thank our judge, Kathy Fagan; Associate Poetry Editor for the prize, Pablo Tanguay; all of our screeners; and especially everyone who submitted their work.

Here’s a complete list of the honorees:

Honorable mentions: Janine Joseph for Overstay and Emily Vizzo for A Gun for the Girl.

Finalists: Olivia Clare for The 26-Hour Day, Davis McCombs for Lore, Corrie Williamson for Payphone in the Desert, George David Clark for Priests Without Scripture, and Karen Anderson for Receipt.

Semi-Finalists: Ken Taylor for Taking the Auspices, Jennifer Chapis for Notes From the Vanishing World, Martha Zweig for Get Lost, Anna Welch for Noah’s Woods, Andrea O’Rourke for Victims Ruin It, Keith Leonard for The Kingdom Disappearing, Mary Buchinger for Aerialist, John Bensko for Between You and the Door, and Christine Marshall for Fits of White.

Congratulations, Karin, and thanks again to everyone for making this another great year for the prize!