[Orwn Acra]

John Yau selected Etymologies as winner of the 2021 Omnidawn Open. It will be published by them in April 2023. The announcement is not on their site yet but it's official and on their Instagram. I signed the contract yesterday.

Thank you to everyone who commented on these poems over the years. What started as mere visual play ("what if I stacked three words for avocado on top of one another?") grew out of control and into a book.

(If a mod could delete the three threads I started in non-met, I'd much appreciate it).

[R. Nemo Hill]

Congratulations, Orwn.
I look forward to it!

Nemo

[Mark McDonnell]

Yaay! Brilliant and so well-deserved. Congratulations!!

[Ann Drysdale]

Congratulations! Let me know when it can be ordered; there's a home for one here.

[John Isbell]

Congratulations! A good prize and a good feeling.

John

[Matt Q]

Congratulations, Walter! Excellent news indeed. I look forward to reading it.

Matt

[Sarah-Jane Crowson]

Congratulations! I look forward very much to reading your book once it's out. I've enjoyed all the poetry of yours I've read on here so it will be great to read more.

Sarah-Jane

[Susan McLean]

Congratulations, Orwn! It's about time you had your own book. The win is nice, too, but the book is the thing.

Susan

[Allen Tice]

I’m interested. Promote it gently, relentlessly. (Out of sight, out of mind, you know.)

[Orwn Acra]

Thank you, all. I agree with Susan, it's about time!