2025 WINNING POEMS (REALIZATIONS) AND BIOS
BY JULIA AND HUGH DUN RAPPAPORT
Julia Dun Rappaport began writing poems shortly after the pandemic hit. Since then, her poetry has appeared in numerous publications, including The Formula, The Weight, and The Telling Room. She won the Longfellow Prize, which honors the best poem by a high school student in Massachusetts. In addition, her visual art has won several local and national competitions. Hugh Dun Rappaport is Julia’s dad. Many years ago, he won a couple of small poetry contests, wrote a Shakespearian sonnet to propose to Julia's mom, published an op-ed in the Hartford Courant, and contributed an article about conjuring to an international trade magazine. Aside from the Haiku Newton contest, his recent writing has consisted of appellate briefs he has submitted to federal judges in his role as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.
BY CHAD KNUTH
Chad Knuth is a writer of many hats, from poet to food eroticist. He is forever a passionate film photographer, and will forever be a student of life.After earning a BFA in Filmmaking from UNC School of the Arts, Chad spent several years living in both New York City and Los Angeles where he worked in the entertainment industry before returning to his home state of North Carolina to focus on further developing his writing. His poetry has been featured most recently in Digest Magazine.
BY KERRY LOUGHMAN
Kerry Loughman is a retired educator and photographer living in the Boston area. She writes about memory, art, family, and nature in the city, looking for small transient moments of beauty ... or discord. Her work has appeared in Mass Poetry's "The Hard Work of Hope" and "Poem of the Moment," Nixes' Mate, What Rough Beast, The Main Street Rag and Lily Poetry Review.