{"id":21061,"date":"2025-03-06T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=21061"},"modified":"2025-06-16T09:39:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:39:58","slug":"dudley-randall-poetry-prize-winners-announced-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/03\/06\/dudley-randall-poetry-prize-winners-announced-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Dudley Randall Poetry Prize winners announced for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Mercy <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/eng\/\">Department of English<\/a> is proud to announce the winners of this year&#8217;s Dudley Randall Poetry Prizes! Michelle Gomez-Angeles earned first place for the poem, <em>The Restless Twin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its 55th year, the prize continues Dudley Randall\u2019s legacy of amplifying creative voices within the Detroit Mercy community. This year&#8217;s prize-winning poems can be read on the <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/eng\/dr-poetry-contest.php\">Dudley Randall Poetry Prize webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The winning poems will also be displayed in the McNichols Campus Library for National Poetry Month this April.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First place: <strong>Michelle Gomez-Angeles<\/strong>, <em>The Restless Twin<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Second place: <strong>Maria Bitar<\/strong>, <em>In your world.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Third place (tie): <strong>Sam Gillmore<\/strong>, <em>Dreaming Periods<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Honorable Mention: <strong>Melissa Converse<\/strong>, <em>Lines Crossed, Eyes Dotted<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Honorable Mention: <strong>Giovanni Romero<\/strong>, <em>Survivor&#8217;s Villanelle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"markf2t39fg2m uM2yb\" data-markjs=\"true\">Congratulations<\/span> to all of the excellent poets who submitted their work! Special thanks to Stacy Gnall, poet-in-residence, for organizing the contest and to our 2025 judges: Reem Abou-Samra, Maisy Card and Robert Laidler.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/Dudley-Randall-Prize-2025-winners-1024x213-1.png?resize=854%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Five images of UDM students who won Dudley Randall Poetry Prize in 2025\" width=\"854\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/Dudley-Randall-Prize-2025-winners-1024x213-1.png?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/Dudley-Randall-Prize-2025-winners-1024x213-1.png?resize=300%2C75&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/06\/Dudley-Randall-Prize-2025-winners-1024x213-1.png?resize=768%2C192&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of English is proud to announce the winners of this year&#8217;s Dudley Randall Poetry Prize! 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