Alex Tretbar

Alex Tretbar was born in Wichita, Kansas, and he earned degrees in Journalism and English from the University of Kansas. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, Kansas English, and Placed: An Encyclopedia of Central Oregon, Vol. 1.

Winner, 2022 PEN America Prison Writing Contest – 1st Place in Poetry for “Variations on an Undisclosed Location”

Articles by Alex Tretbar

Prison and Justice Writing

Wednesday September 7

Variations on an Undisclosed Location

Alex Tretbar was awarded 1st Place in Poetry in the 2022 Prison Writing Contest. Every year, hundreds of imprisoned people from around the country submit poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and dramatic works to PEN America’s Prison Writing Contest, one of the few outlets of free expression for the country’s incarcerated population. 1. Solitary wasn’t. All