• Jose Gutierrez, "Realidad"/"Reality"
• Brian Hensel, "back rub"
• Philip Huang, "Paul's Song" and "Sunday Morning"

PROSE

• David Bottorff, "Quietly I Rest"
• Thomas R. Halliday, "Water"
• Reginald Harris, "The Gift"
• Jay Johnsson, "And Learn Whatever Virtues Silence May Allow"
• Wendell Ricketts, "Yard Ball"
• John D. Royalty, "Two Days in the Life of Chance Rabinowitz"

• Eileen Myles is a poet, author of many books including, most recently, "Cool for You," a novel, and an Artery contributor.

• Michael Lassell is a poet and author of "A Flame for the Touch That Matters" among other books.

• Rafael Campo is a poet, author of "The Desire to Heal: A Doctor's Education in Empathy, Identity and Poetry," and a contributor to POZ.

Prose Judges

• Emily Carter, whose short stories have been published in The New Yorker, POZ, and elsewhere, is author of "Glory Goes and Gets Some" and a POZ columnist.

• Michael Denneny is a senior editor at St. Martin's Press and a longtime champion of gay writing.