The Writers Alliance of Gainesville will feature debut readings from the 2025 Bacopa Literary Review.
Many of the prize-winning pieces will be read aloud. WAG members with works published in this journal will also be invited to read.
 
The Bacopa editorial board expects to have physical copies of the journal available (WAG members get a free copy!), and we will celebrate with refreshments.

We encourage WAG members to attend to pick up their personal copy of Bacopa.

If you are unable to attend in person, please join us via Zoom. If you do that, please mute yourself so that any noise on your end will not disrupt the program. Here’s the information:

• Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89973131287?pwd=UWc4WXRaaDl0OWVQWmgwbTBiNHdVQT09
• Meeting ID: 899 7313 1287
• Password: 316819

 
2025 Prize Winners
 
FICTION
Award: “Downpour” by Terry Sanville
Honorable Mention: “Knot” by Abhishek Sengupta
Best of WAG: “God and His Dog” by Bonnie T. Ogle
 
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Award: “Footsteps” by Joe Marshall
Honorable Mention: “Never Home in No Man’s Land” by Jenn Yee
Best of WAG: “Mam Exam” by Charlotte M. Porter
 
FORMAL POETRY
Award: “Real Spanish” by C. J. Grandorff
Hon. Mention: “Ty-Phoo” by Dion O’Reilly
 
FREE VERSE POETRY
Award: “Blanca” by Ines Bellina
Honorable Mention: “Isabelline and Beige” by Toni Holland
Best of WAG: “At The Gallery & Everywhere, She Talks with Her Hands” by Aliesa Zoecklein
 
VISUAL POETRY
Award: “The Ruckle” by S.D. Dillon
Honorable Mention: “My Mother’s Music” by J. Nishida
Best of WAG: “My Mother’s Music” by J. Nishida
 
This program is free and open to the public. Join us!