John Bosworth
John Bosworth is a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, where he studies English and Plan II Honors. Bosworth is the winner of the 2018 Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award for his poem “A Boy Can Wear a Dress.” About the poem, judge Ellen Bass says:
This poem surprises and engages me at every turn. I admire the technical skill, imagination, clear music, and the unexpected, compelling images. There is so much that’s exciting and fresh here. The marriage of whimsy and urgency, eros, and death make this poem memorable. I very much look forward to reading John Bosworth’s poems in the future.
Bosworth is also the recipient of the 2018 Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts and a two-time winner of James F. Parker Writing Contests. He currently works as a poetry intern at Bat City Review.