Read the winning piece of our 2025 Nonfiction Contest “Through the Mirror” by Jessie Cato selected by Lucy Ives.

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October 1, 2008

Young Writers Introduction

By David Baker

Poetry Editor 2008 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers For five years now The Kenyon Review has been proud to sponsor the Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers. […]

October 1, 2008

self-portrait

By Samantha Berstler

Third-Prize Winner 2008 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers I. she can’t write poetry. the old ways are gone, she says and wishes the snowflakes might scepter our pizza […]

October 1, 2008

Terra Incognita

By Molly Brown

First-Prize Winner 2008 Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers I. You can open your eyes now. I was born onto unsteady ships, Born under two tilting masts, Born knowing […]