AND THE WINNER IS......EMMA TRELLES

Last night at approximately 8:30 PM, final judge Silvia Curbelo took the stage at the end of the One Poem Festival in Denver, CO to announce the winner of the 4th edition of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Poetry Prize. Later that evening, the winner was spotted at Peaks Lounge on the 27th Floor of the Hyatt Regency having drinks with Richard Blanco, Sarah Browning, David Dominguez and others...presumably in celebration mode.

Emma Trelles is the author of Little Spells, a chapbook of poems published by GOSS183. Her work has appeared in publications such as Verse Daily, 3 AM Magazine, Oranges and Sardines, OCHO, Gulf Stream, Newsday, the Miami Herald, Latina magazine, and the Sun- Sentinel, where she was the art critic for three years. She has been a featured author at the Miami Book Fair International and at the Palabra Pura Series in Chicago. She is the editor of MiPOesias Magazine's American Cuban Issue, the recipient of a Green Eyeshade Award for art criticism, and a Pushcart Prize nominee for poetry. Sometimes she teaches creative writing at the Florida Center for the Literary Arts or at the Art Center/South Florida. Emma is a regular contributor to The Best American Poetry blog. Read her rambles here: http://thebestamericanpoetry.typepad.com...