In its third year, the Ekphrastic Contest consists of adult and student winners - poems in response to specific works in museum collections, selected by the museums.
Also 5 commissioned poets pick an artwork from their specified museum and write a poem in response to it. James Dennis, John Phillip Santos, Sheila Black, Natalia Trevino, Aminah Dece.

To view winners, commissioned poets and the images they all wrote about go to:
Arts Alive San Antonio https://artsalivesa.com/
Bihl Haus Arts https://bihlhausarts.org/
Gemini Ink https://geminiink.org/ekphrastic-poetry-contest-npmsa-2023/
San Antonio Public Library https://www.mysapl.org/

To view each individual museum’s object, winners, and commissioned poets and objects
go to:
Ruby City https://www.Rubycity.org/npmsa2023/
San Antonio Museum of Art https://www.samuseum.org/events/event/2023-nation-poetry-month-ekphrastic-poetry-contest/
The Witte Museum https://www.wittemuseum.org/media/
The McNay Art Museum https://www.mcnayart.org/event/2023-national-poetry-month-ekphrastic-poetry-contest/

The Briscoe Western Art Museum https://www.briscoemuseum.org/poetry/