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We conjure 'home' not just as a discrete physical location, but home as a memory (however hazy), a feeling, perhaps home as one's own body.

We recognize that home is also differentially constructed - that is, home often emerges through/in dislocation or distress. Home is haunted. To go home is, indeed, a deathbed wish.

To that end, we welcome works about thresholds, illness and disability, estrangement & return, fierce and disorienting nostalgia, coming-of-age, etc. We have a penchant for Gothic undertones, but all genres/styles have a place at the table.

Housebound opens its arms to new and emerging writers, writers underrepresented, writers who trust their gut, writers taken by paradox, writers finding their way back home.

Bottom line: we are in pursuit of bold, dizzying, lavish leaps of language, unearthing realizations that you chew on and imagery made to savor. We're here for the sacred, the strange, and the searching. We beseech you: what does home hold?

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Housebound Magazine is thrilled to present our inaugural poetry prize, created in memory of Richard Wanderman (1951-2019).<div><br></div><div>Our Editor-in-Chief, Erin, knew Richard simply as Grandpa R., but he was hailed more widely as an artist, teacher, photographer, potter, blogger, web designer, bread maker, hiker, trailblazer, activist, engaged citizen, and cinephile.</div><div><br></div><div>Richard passed away from glioblastoma (brain cancer) in March of 2019. His ashes were scattered in the backyard of his home in rural Connecticut as well as along the Appalachian Trail.</div><div><br></div><div>To honor Richard's spirit, one with nature, Housebound is debuting a yearly poetry prize with the broad theme of home and nature.</div><div><br></div><div>This theme can be channeled in a myriad of ways, and we welcome a wide range of interpretations. A 'nature poem' varies from poet to poet. Poems written straight from personal nature immersion (Mary Oliver style) are just one option.</div><div><br></div><div>The wonderful paradox of poetry is that it both expands and narrows one's gaze at the same time. Nature can be a poetic lens, rather than just a subject/topic.</div><div><br></div><div>Some potential keywords and phrases to use as inspiration: <i>trails, visitors, stewardship, soil, snow tires, migration, wind chimes, tadpoles, garden frost, leave no trace. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><font face="__tekst_b3fd78, __tekst_Fallback_b3fd78, ui-serif, Georgia, serif">More about the prize can be found on our website: https://www.houseboundmagazine.com/richard-wanderman-poetry-prize/</font></div>

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