| Year | Title | Prize Amount | Judge |
| 2021 | “Insomniami” | $1,000 (First Place) | Camille T. Dungy and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson |
Ariel Francisco is the author of Under Capitalism If Your Head Aches They Just Yank Off Your Head (Flowersong Press, 2022), A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship (Burrow Press, 2020), and All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017).