Middle West Press

Southern California artist and poet Jane Yevgenia Muschenetz  has been named the first-place winner of inaugural War Poetry Postcard Project (WPPP) , a literary arts experiment to promote empathy and conversation on the effects of war and violence. It is co-sponsored by Middle West Press LLC and Collateral Journal . Earlier this year , contest organizers editors called for new and reprint  postcard-sized poems  that thematically engaged with the  effects of armed conflict, state violence, and military service. Muschenetz’s poem will now be one of three prize-winning works to be  published and distributed as visually engaging glossy 4x6 postcards , each suitable for mailing to friends, family, politicians, and others. EVERYONE who entered the contest will be mailed a set of the finalist postcards! ( Additional sets of the 2025 finalist postcards can be ordered via Submittable  here at this link .) All entries will also be considered for inclusion in a pot...