Completed | The Antonym February Poetry Contest Winners

Mar 15, 2022 | ACGAL, Past Projects

We invited poetry submission with this prompt for our February Poetry Contest:

We received more than 100 submissions, thanks everyone who submitted. We really enjoyed miriad interpretations of the artwork by Sumona Rahman Choudhury. Our editorial team shortlisted following five :

Early Yiddish Instrumental Music – Lorelei Bacht
Lullaby – Flo Au
Why Birds Sing in the Night – Jayant Kashyap
Silhouette in the Window – Zoe Huot-Link
Blackbird – Jasper Glen

Congratulations all!

The Antonym February Poetry contest award goes to Lorelei Bacht.

We will publish all five poems in our montage section on 20th March.

Link to the contest announcement

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