2024 Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest winner

Recovery Commands

Abby E. Murray’s Recovery Commands is a masterclass in that elusive quality in poetry we sometimes call voice. And what a voice it is – by turns rowdy and defiant, tender, sharply observant, candidly vulnerable, and wittily humorous.

Richard-Gabriel Rummonds Poetry Contest

The Ex Ophidia Press Annual poetry contest is named in honor of Richard-Gabriel Rummonds who founded Ex Ophidia Press in 2014. The prize is for a full-length poetry collection.

About the Press

Our mission is to explore new territories of the imagination by using the traditional techniques of poetry.