Note from outgoing Interim President Linda Haviland Conte: I am excited to announce that we have a new president for NEPC, STEVEN RATINER. I’m so proud that the search … Read moreNEPC Announces new President: Steven Ratiner
NEPC Jen Payne’s “Sleeping with Ghosts: Poems & Musings” published by Three Chairs Publishing, available now. This is the poet’s fifth book. NEPC member Richard Dey has recently published “Collected … Read moreMember News Announcements for September 2024
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ivy Schweitzer has lived for many years in Vermont and taught English and Women’s, Gender, … Read moreIvy Schweitzer, “Manchester”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Marcia Karp Sara Backer‘s first book of poetry, Such Luck, follows two chapbooks: Scavenger Hunt, and Bicycle Lotus, which won the Turtle Island Chapbook Award. Recent poem publications include Lake … Read moreSara Backer, “Shifting”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Marcia Karp Susan Donnelly’s newest poetry collection is The Maureen Papers and Other Poems. Its title poem was 2019 co-winner of the Samuel … Read moreSusan Donnelly, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Marcia Karp Mary Beth Hines is the author of Winter at a Summer House (Kelsay Books, 2021). Her work appears widely in literary … Read moreMary Beth Hines, “Waking Uncle Edward”
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Jennifer Jean Naomi Mulvihill was a Margaret Murphy endowed fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Her chapbook, We All Might … Read moreNaomi Mulvihill, We All Might Be
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Quintin Collins (he/him) is a writer, assistant director of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program, and a poetry editor for … Read moreQuintin Collins, “Dying Laughing”
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by George Kalogeris Donald Mace Williams is a retired newspaper writer and editor who acquired along the way a PhD in the line structure of Beowulf. His metrical … Read moreRainer Maria Rilke, “The Girl Grown Up,” translated from the German by Donald Mace Williams
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Jennifer Garfield‘s poetry has appeared in numerous journals including The Threepenny Review, ONE ART, Salamander, On the Seawall, and Frontier Poetry. Her work has been nominated … Read moreJennifer Garfield, “my own animal”