Vallum Magazine

VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2022 FINALIST | Elena Bently | taliped

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Elena Bentley (she/her) is a disabled, bi, and Métis/settler emerging poet, editor, and book reviewer from Saskatchewan.

VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2022 FINALIST | Karen Mandell | The Clothesline Series

Karen Mandell has taught literature and writing at various community centers and schools in Massachusetts.

VALLUM CHAPBOOK AWARD 2022 SHORTLIST

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Each year we receive hundreds of entries and we are grateful so many poets trust us with their work. After much consideration, we are so excited to announce three finalists for this year’s Chapbook Award.

Nora Kelly | ENTANGLED

Winner of the 2022 Vallum Cover Award “Entangled” is a series of paintings dealing with the emotional and psychic landscapes brought about by the pandemic. In the artist’s own words: When the pandemic hit in 2020, the world quickly transitioned from “normal” to the unfamiliar: new rules, new information and new ways to live our […]