2025 Winners

Here are the winners of the 2025 poetry competition for Oberon poetry magazine:

First Prize:

“Bare Bones”
by Kara Schneider

Honorable Mentions

“What Came to be Real”
by Pam Vap

“Bird in the Stone Pine” 
by Gina O’Melveny

“In the South of France”
by Carole Berkson

Oberon Herbert Poetry Award Winners

“We Didn’t Lock The Door”
Laura Cococcia

“Running From The Light”
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“My Father Picking Blackberries”
Diane Pendola