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Panel Award Winners

  • Writer: Jhazzy Jhane
    Jhazzy Jhane
  • 1 day ago
  • 2 min read

We hosted our inaugural Panel Awards this year, and we had several nominees for the award categories. However, the following is work by those who won each award. We are excited and proud to share our Panel Award winners for 2026!


Sa'ada Isa Yahayah won both the Community Impact Award for a piece that resonated with the community and the Visual Impact Award for a visual piece that people loved. She won these awards for the following image, "Roses and Thorns," which was featured in Issue 05:

Stylized rose plant with pink and white blooms against a dark red and tan background, lush green leaves, moody and surreal

Adam Breier won the Brave and Bold Award for a bold contribution to one of our issues for this poem, "An Insatiable Thirst, featured in Issue 06:

Poem page titled An Insatiable Thirst with verse, creator note, and Adam Breier @adam_breier_poetry in a red-bordered white layout.

Mayra G. Favela received the Rooted and Resonant Award for a marginalized creative who might often be overlooked. She won it for the following poem, "Closed Eyes," which is featured in Issue 01 (and it's also in Spanish, "Ojos Cerrados"):

White poem page titled Closed Eyes with red borders, showing Mayra G. Favela’s poem about closing eyes, art, stars, and love.

White page with red borders showing a poem about love, dancing and nature; credited to Mayra G. Favela @fireseapoetry.


Rachel Turney also won the Visual Impact Award, for a visual piece that was loved by the community, with the following image, "Art Like Honey," featured in Issue 05:

Close-up of a hand with intricate henna designs and a gold ring, stretched against a plain light background.


Sandra Beth Levy won the Unforgettable Line Award for the line, “made of midnight gong, shining bells smooth skin and furrowed brows hands of veined leaves in shadows the neck’s crevasse tiny fingers curled back to birth threads of bearded hair that dance a double helix–generations collapsed in time,” which was in the poem, "Silver Double Helix," in issue 06:

Poem page titled Silver Double Helix in black text inside a red border on white background, with a creator note at the bottom.

Gloria Maloney won the Debut Voice Award for a fresh voice and amazing debut piece. "Divine Revelation of God's Love" is the poem that won her the award, which is featured in issue 04:

Book page titled Divine Revelation of God’s Love, with a poem in black text on white, red borders, Gloria Maloney, page 9.


Christian Lopez won the Beautifully Penned Award for his piece, "Medusa," that was well written. This poem was in issue 04:

Poem poster titled Medusa on white with red borders, featuring centered verse text and the author Christian Lopez @oncour at bottom.


Elle Estérre won the Best Ekphrasis Award for the issue 06 poem, "Garden of Venus":

Poem poster titled Garden of Venus with black text on white, red border, and a creator note about a dark, obsessive love.

Johannah Simon won The One to Watch Award for being one to keep an eye on for the following poem, "La Toilette," in issue 06:

Text poster titled La Toilette with prose about body image and mirrors, plus a creator note and Johannah Simon handle at bottom

While all of these awards were voted on, Lola (editor) and I (Jhazzy (editor-in-chief)) chose a piece each for Editor's Choice Awards.


Jhazzy chose "The Great Wall of LA" from issue 06 by Craig Constantine that resonated and is timely:

Poem page titled The Great Wall of LA by Craig Constantine, black text on white with a red border.
Poem page with black text in a red border, labeled Craig Constantine and PAGE 3, about Kamala, resistance, and apocalyptic future.
Mural of a female runner holding a baton on a red wall, with text below reading North Hollywood, California and Craig Constantine.

Lola chose this piece by Sandra Nexeus Stanic from issue 01, "The Islander," because she's a fan of Sandra's work and wanted to recognize her immense talent:

Abstract painted portrait of a stern face in blue and red brushstrokes against a deep blue background.

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