The 2018 Proverse Poetry Prize anthology contained one hundred and thirty-nine poems by eighty-nine poets. Poems could be submitted on any subject of the poet’s choosing or on the optional theme of “Refuge”. There was a free choice of interpretation, form and style.
The poets are: Abigail Taylor, Akin Jeje, Allegra Jostad Silberstein, Andrew Sutherland, Angelo Rizzi, Anson Wang, Anthea Yip, Antony Huen, Arthur Allen, Aya Mohtadi, Belle Ling, Benny Chia, Birgit Bunzel Linder, Bruce Dodson, Bruce Arlen Wasserman, Carol Flake Chapman, Carol Krauss, Christos Koukis, Cindy Wyles, D. J. Hamilton, Danny Poon, David Vognar, Edward Tiesse, Elbert Lee, Elizabeth Grobler, Elizabeth (Libby) Wong, Franz Krabel, George Watt, Giovena Wang Songwenjia, Halil Suat Saraç, Hasan Erkek, Hayley Ann Solomon, Helen Davis, Hilary Faulkner, Ho Cheung Lee, Indran Amirthanayagam, J. P. Linstroth, Jack Mayer, Jade Hui, Jeddie Sophronius, Jemima Law, Joanna Radwańska-Williams, John Dorrell, Jonathan Hart,Josie Chambers, José Manuel Sevilla, Joy Al-Sofi, Jun Pan, Kate Hawkins, Keith Nunes, Laura Solomon,Lauriane Chappé, Lonnie Monka, Luisa Ternau, Lynda Lambert, Maria Elena Blanco, Matthew Harris,Meghan Kelsey, Melissa Reed, Michael Gould, N. Noéll, Neil Douglas, Olga Walló, Paola Caronni, Patience O’Neill, Patrick Reardon, Pei Kai Cheng, Peter Verbica, Rachel Leung, Richard Westley, Rochelle Potkar, Roger Uren, Rony Nair, Sally Younger, Sanja Särman, Selena Liang, Simona Rackova, Solomon Au Yeung, Stephen Herman, Steve Borst, Steven Harz, Sui Ping Au Yeung, Susan Phillips, Susan Lavender, Thea Biesheuvel, Ty Newcomb, Vinita Agrawal, Vinni Relwani, Zachary Knox.