My Cringeful Romance
Editor’s Choice
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Fruitslice Issue 9
“Hope” is stronger than feathers
Nominated
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Pushcart Prize
The Protest Sign Says “The Closet is an Awful Place to Die” (or, In Which I Ponder Creationism)
Nominated
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Best Spiritual Literature Awards 2025
in which I hesitate to write a poem in the first person
Shortlist
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Eavesdrop Magazine: Resist Poetry Contest
Spread Out
Editor’s Pick: Poetry
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Snowflake Magazine: The Bedroom Issue
Choreía
Honorable Mention
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Catholic Literary Arts Sacred Poetry Contest
[“Spread Out“] from Johanna E. Hall takes us from night to noon as we see how a couple’s lives are shaped by love. . . . Ultimately, like the speaker, we are left in hopeful anticipation . . . A beautiful and heartfelt rendering of love & longing.
VN, Fiction & Poetry Editor, Snowflake Magazine
“Our Lady of High-Powered Explosives” is a gorgeous poem. . . . [It] is My Chemical Romance. And community. Like, that’s the fan base, that’s My Chem, that’s the thesis, that’s everything right there. What do we even have to say? It’s been said. . . . I don’t need to explain this poem because the poem explains itself.
“I Am Not Afraid To Keep On Living: Disability & My Chemical Romance,” So Emo I Fell Apart podcast
[“Hope is Stronger Than Feathers“] gently folds observation, family, and fragility into a meditation on hope, birds, and perspective. Please read our newest issue to . . . experience the full, delicate bloom of Johanna’s imagery.
Floating Acorn Review
older
My Mother
Cville Pride Poetry & Prose High School Award
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2017 Virginia Festival of the Book
sometimes I forget I knew you
Finalist
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Tupelo Press Teen Writing Center: Crossroads VII 2019 Writing Contest
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