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Shō Poetry Journal
Black History Month Playlist 2026 | Cortney Lamar Charleston, Christian J. Collier, Saddiq Dzukogi, Chiagoziem Jideofor, william o'neal ii, February Spikener
Reaching out on behalf of Shō Contributor Aldo Amparán
Our new issue is here! Shō No. 8 | Winter 2025/2026
Shō Poetry Prize Winner | Betsy Mitchell Martinez: Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo with Prickly Pear
Winner of the Sita Martin Prize | Cheyenne C. Fletcher: Lady of the Holler
Shō Poetry Prize Runner-Up | Rebecca Morton: Uncertainty Principle
Sita Martin Prize Runner-Up | Rukan Saif: Harami Ghazal
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Interview with Bobby Elliott: What's Possible When Poetry Is Direct
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Aldo Amparán — Symptoms of Ghosts [Shō Poetry Prize Runner-Up]
Christian J. Collier — Nocturne [Shō Poetry Prize Winner]
Nina C. Peláez – Doubt [Sita Martin Prize Runner-Up]
Ernest Ohia – somehow [Sita Martin Prize Winner]
Paige Passantino — Sugar Baby Sonnet
Amber Adams – Okinawa, 2016
Recent Audio Features
Audio Feature: Saddiq Dzukogi (Bakandamiya IX)
Audio Feature: Michael Garrigan (In Last Light We Drive to the River)
Audio Feature: Kate Pyontek (Nocturne with Construction Detour)
Audio Feature: Aleks Zywicki (rewatching the film)
Audio Feature: Bobby Elliott (The Fall of 1990)
Recent Playlists & Round-Ups
Native American Heritage Month 2025
Filipino American History Month Round Up
Hispanic Heritage Month Playlist 2025
Pride Month Playlist 2025
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Roundup 2025
Women's History Month Roundup 2025
Black History Month Playlist