First Place

"Highway Breakdown" - Twyla Summers

Second Place

"Where Were You?" - Cassandra Rivera

Third Place

"I Want To Be Really Ugly Today" - Kirsten Anderberg

Honorary Mention

"Graduation" - Gabrielle Topper

Honorary Mention

"The Making of a Woman" - Thayli Villalobos

Honorary Mention

"My Sestina - January 2021" - Navia Robertson

Robert Emmons is often described as a renaissance man, multi-talented with a wide range of interests. He has been a New York Stock Exchange company CEO, a well-respected international management consultant, a university professor, and an entrepreneur. In addition, he is an art collector and patron, sailor, avid yachtsman, and a poet for more than forty years. The Los Angeles Times called him “a talented poet” and his book Other Places Other Times “a gem of a book."

2022 Emmons Poetry Prizes

• First Place - $600

• Second Place - $400

• Third Place - $200

• Three Honorable Mentions - $100 each