Moon City Review

The editors of Moon City Press would like to congratulate the following eleven authors for being named finalists in the 2025 Moon City Poetry Award competition:

Mike Burwell
Jules Foshee
John Isles
Paul Martínez-Pompa
Linda Michel-Cassidy
Lynne Potts
Liz Robbins
Caleb Scott
Marjorie Stelmach
John Schneider
Francine Witte

The winner of the competition will be chosen from these eleven. They will receive the $1000 prize and have their book published on Moon City Press late this year.

Moon City Press would like to thank everyone who entered. The 2026 Moon City Poetry Competition is open now—link to enter in the Comments.

Alum Jessica Turcat will be reading at Missouri State University on Thursday, April 16, in Karls 102 at 7 p.m., CT, on campus. Come on out and hear this talented poet read from her new book!