Judith Mikesch McKenzie
Recently Released
Stillwater Review, "Suspended," SR 16 [Print issue]
Meat for Tea, The Valley Review, "Cathedral In Watercolor" and "326 Fourth" Spring 2026 20th Anniversary Issue (Print issue)
South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo), "Butcher Paper" May 1, 2026
Clackamas Literary Review, "Community Standards" and "Having Faith In The Speed of Light", (Print Issue)
Monterey Poetry Review, "Visiting Cape Perpetua at Seventeen" January 2026
Upcoming Publications
Wild Roof Journal, "Brittle", Summer 2026 issue
Naugatuck River Review, "That Time By The River When We Didn't Want To Be At Moms" Summer/Fall 2026 August
Honors/Awards/Nominations
Pushcart Prize, Nominee, 2026 "How To Identify A Body" (Burningword Literary)
Best Of The Net, Nominee, 2025 "Degrees Of Freedom When Your Phase Space Is An Auto Shop" (South Florida Poetry Journal)
Cunningham Short Story Contest, Finalist, Published, (A Perfect Circle Around The Moon)
Tilie Olsen Short Story Contest, Second Place, published, (A Matter Of Rocks)
Three-time Resident at Cottages At Hedgebrook Retreat For Women Writers
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AS Of May 2023, the full list of PUBLISHED Poems has been moved to the "All Publications" page - the list was getting a bit long and cumbersome for this page. Here instead I will be listing links to some of my favorite poems already published:
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MY FAVORITES
Monterey Poetry Review, Spring 24 release, "Impersonating the Carpenter's Apprentice" and "Learning the Apostles Creed."
October Hill Magazine, Summer issue "The Forest of the Bitterroot" page 91
Cathexis NW Press, January 2023 Issue, "How It Was When the Comet Came."
The Bookends Review, Sept 17 2021, “Ten Seconds On The Santa Monica Pier, Long Past Midnight”
Happy to announce....
The editor of "Poetic Bond X" offered this commentary about my work in that anthology in a Press Release: "Judith Mikesch McKenzie’s “Post Hoc” moves from refrain to refrain, like an echoing prayer, looking to the future, each negative word ‘poisoned’ ‘twisted’ ‘wounds’ countered by a positive ‘spring’ ‘sing’ ‘hearts’, a concise, beautiful poem. In “Looking Out the Upstairs Window” the longing to be outside is palpable, but when imagination does reign, Judith lets loose like a warrior before resting again to a whisper. Sweeping and uplifting." Like any writer, I'm grateful and elated to receive such commentary. To see the works, see the "All Publications" page for a link to "Poetic Bond X"
More good news from Willowdown Books - who've published my story "A Perfect Circle Around the Moon" in their Anthology "Who We Are"