2020 Button Poetry Video Contest
Thank you to everyone who submitted to the 2020 video contest!
Congratulations to our finalists and winners!
Stay tuned for our 2021 video contest in July…
Scroll down to see our 2020 finalists and winners!
Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to everyone who submitted. Watch the winning videos on our YouTube channel!
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Announcing the winner of the Button Poetry & Commaful Contest!
WINNER
RJ Walker – “Prosopagnosia”
Congratulations to RJ Walker! Thank you to everyone who participated!
PRIZES
#1 winner as determined by judging will get 5 books and other upvoted stories will get shouted out on Commaful accounts.
The winner will receive the following Button Poetry Books:
Helium by Rudy Francisco
Depression & Other Magic Tricks by Sabrina Benaim
New American Best Friend by Olivia Gatwood
peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Our Numbered Days by Neil Hilborn
Be sure to check out more great writing opportunities from Commaful!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out our books and merch, including books by Sabrina Benaim, Neil Hilborn, Andrea Gibson, Blythe Baird, Michael Lee, & our newest release from Adam Falkner!
2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“I know that it was all a dream, and the guy, the guy inside the casket, that was me.”
Don’t miss this stunning poem by Fable the Poet, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out all our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Danez Smith, Olivia Gatwood, Hanif Abdurraqib, Donte Collins, Sabrina Benaim, our newest release from Melissa Lozada-Oliva & more.
2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“They mistake our wailing for anger, but it is pain.”
Don’t miss this spectacular poem from Marshall Gillson, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Join our mailing list and get notified for our next submission period!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out all our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Danez Smith, Hanif Abdurraqib, Jacqui Germain, Sam Sax, our newest release from Olivia Gatwood & more.
2016 Button Poetry Video Contest.
“If selfishness was one letter and not eleven, it would be the letter of a kid demanding his mom not to change.”
Don’t miss this awesome poem from Gil Kazimirov, featured contestant in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest. Come to Minneapolis, MN, June 2-3 for the 2017 Rustbelt Poetry Festival, hosted by Button Poetry! Tickets are now available!
While you’re here, head over to the Button store to check out all our books and merch, including books by Neil Hilborn, Danez Smith, Hanif Abdurraqib, Jacqui Germain, Sam Sax, our newest release from Olivia Gatwood & more.
Patreon Soft Launch, Contest Update, & New Book!
11/18/16
There’s only a few weeks left in the soft launch of our Button Patreon page, during which you can get a free book or t-shirt of your choice while helping to support Button’s ability to keep broadcasting and publishing! We’re really excited about our goals for Patreon, including massively increased accessibility for our videos, a nationwide tour, and more. Check it out now!
In other news, we’re hard at work reviewing chapbooks and videos from the 2016 contests. We’ve already witnessed a ton of incredible work, and we can’t wait to share some of it with all of you. Keep an eye out for more updates there in the next couple months!
And finally, speaking of the contest, last year’s chapbook winner, St.Trigger by Aaron Coleman, is officially available for order. Adrian Matejka, last year’s finalist judge, writes “Aaron Coleman’s undeniable St. Trigger breaks open the conflicted masculinities in the fist-heavy spaces around Black America. Through his hard-hitting, sonic verses, all of the frustrations pushing against Blackness in 2016—the insistent danger, the unforgiving partisanship, the violence—are transformed into necessary resilience.” Get your copy today!
