Peter Mason, a bi+ poet from Rochester, New York, received the inaugural C. D. Wright/ Academy of American Poets Prize and also an Artists 360 Grant from the Mid America Arts Alliance. His work has appeared in Muzzle, Epiphany, AGNI, Booth, Vinyl, The Journal, and elsewhere. He is development director and assistant poetry editor of The Arkansas International and development director of The Open Mouth Reading Series. (updated 4/2021)