PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

Markos, Karian. "My Narcissus." Carmina Magazine, September 2024. 

Markos, Karian. Esemplastic--Many and One,  Highland Park Poetry Press, August 2024. **Winner of the Prairie State Poetry Prize**

Markos, Karian. "Wake of Absolution." Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal, Volume 9, September 2024. 

Markos, Karian. "Natural Enhancement." Little Old Lady Comedy, March 2023. 

Markos, Karian. "Seagull Shaman." 2nd Place, Highland Park Poetry Award, Illinois State Poetry Society Contest, 2022. 

Markos, Karian. "A Discerning California Vampire at Trader Joe's." , The Vampiricon: Images and Imaginings of the Vampire, edited by Frank Coffman, Mind's Eye Publications, 2022. 

Markos, Karian. "Shades of Grass." Fall/Winter Muses Gallery, Highland Park Poetry, 2022.

Markos, Karian. "Hope." 3rd Honorable Mention, Miniature Poem Category, 2022 Poets and Patrons of Chicago Annual Contest.

Markos, Karian. "Sunday." Living Crue Magazine, Vol. 2, pp 19.

Markos, Karian. "Break Bread." Odes: Poets Praising People, Places and Things, edited by Mary Beth Bretzlauf & Jennifer Dotson, Highland Park Poetry, 2022, pp. 22. 

Markos, Karian. "Algos." Highland Park Poetry, 2022. 

Markos, Karian. "Reverie." Distilled Lives, Volume 6, Illinois State Poetry Society, 2022. 

Markos, Karian. "Nostos." Prairie Light Review, Spring 2022, pp.13 

Markos, Karian. "The Mandarin's Dilemma." Prairie Light Review, Spring 2022, pp. 17.

Markos, Karian. "Frailty of the Modern Ego." Bombfire, https://bombfirelit.com/2020/11/07/frailty-of-the-modern-ego-by-karian-markos/ .

Markos, Karian. "Between the Mountain and Me." Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Issue 4, pp. 18