1. For the Sundress Publications Best of the Net 2010 Awards:
RUBBLE DREAM by Mary Krane Derr
JIHADJANE by Anne Harding Woodworth
STICKS AND STONES WILL MAKE A WAR. . . by Rasma Haidri
FIFTY FOOT OAK by Laura Rodley
2. For the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011 Awards:
PETER KINLOCH TO HIS FIANCÉE by Molly Meacham
TRACKING THE HURRICANE by W.F. Lantry
ABRACADABRA by James Penha
3. For The Pushcart Prize 2011:
DIEGO RIVERA’S DEEP WATER HORIZON by Alan Catlin
SOMETHING FOR HARVEY by Jen Hinton
BREAKING OF BREAD: ANDREI VOZNESENSKY by Richard Ilnicki
LABOR DAY 2010 by Lillian Baker Kennedy
RESCUE FROM THE DEPTHS by J. D. Mackenzie
LEEWARD by Elizabeth Swados
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Editor's Note: Mary K. Derr hopes her nominated poem will encourage readers to remember that Haitians still need help. She suggests donations to Food for the Poor and Médecins Sans Frontières.
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