- The Packaging.” Riddle Fence Poetry Contest. Winner, 2025
- “My Queer” and “When was the last time I thanked my mother.” Robert Clayton Casto Prize for Poetry. Winner, 2021.
- “Queer/Joy.” Vallum Chapbook Award. Shortlisted Author, 2021.
- “Razor Burn.”Wordfeast Postcard Story Contest. Shortlisted Author, 2018.
The Packaging” is, as its title suggests, not only a poem, but a parcel. Open it, and unwrap a sequence of themes stitched together with such skill that its transitions are seamless — the packaging of cream becomes the packaging of skin, drawers, secrets, stories.
– Hannah Green, judge’s citation from the 2025 Riddle Fence Poetry Contest
Honouring the moon and its many versions, working in circles and cycles, yet focused on familial lines and lineage, “The Packaging” is a gift that revels in the unraveling of narrative threads. Carefully crafted, this is a poem of creation, pure creativity.
It lives, it loves, it loops, it lashes
Emma Rhodes 