We attended the 2026 AWP Conference & Bookfair in Baltimore, MD from March 4-7. To kickoff the conference, Perugia Press was part of the collaborative offsite event “Off Site. On Purpose.” once again. This year’s reading took place at Westminster Hall, Edgar Allen Poe’s final resting place, with SWWIM, MER, NELLE, Whale Road Review, and …
WINNER: Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead
by Jen Siraganian
In her debut collection, Everything Has Been Moved, Even the Dead, Jen Siraganian traces a self shaped by history, fragmentation, and memory as she weaves her family’s past in the Middle East with her identity as an Armenian-American woman and mother. Whether portraying a grandparent’s survival during the Armenian Genocide, …