Julie Elise Landry's poem "Fuseli's Elf in The Nightmare to the Agent of Intrusion" received an Honorable Mention for the University of New Orleans 2026 Andrea Saunders Gereighty/Academy of American Poets Poetry Award.
Julie will be honored at the Creative Writing Workshop MFA program's Spring Awards Banquet and will receive a certificate of recognition from the Academy of American Poets in New York. Her poem will be published in Ellipsis, a journal that publishes work by members of the UNO community.
The contest was open to all students at UNO. The 2026 Andrea Saunders Gereighty/Academy of American Poets Poetry Award winner was Kayla Harris.
Distinguished judge Julia Johnson said, "Landry's ekphrastic poem is a magical delight, a modern day rendering of The Nightmare."
"Fuseli's Elf in The Nightmare to the Agent of Intrusion" is a persona poem in the voice of the incubus from the famous painting by Henry Fuseli. Julie presented a reading of the poem on May 3, 2026 for the UNO virtual reading series, Silver Room.
Julie will be honored at the Creative Writing Workshop MFA program's Spring Awards Banquet and will receive a certificate of recognition from the Academy of American Poets in New York. Her poem will be published in Ellipsis, a journal that publishes work by members of the UNO community.
The contest was open to all students at UNO. The 2026 Andrea Saunders Gereighty/Academy of American Poets Poetry Award winner was Kayla Harris.
Distinguished judge Julia Johnson said, "Landry's ekphrastic poem is a magical delight, a modern day rendering of The Nightmare."
"Fuseli's Elf in The Nightmare to the Agent of Intrusion" is a persona poem in the voice of the incubus from the famous painting by Henry Fuseli. Julie presented a reading of the poem on May 3, 2026 for the UNO virtual reading series, Silver Room.
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