The New England Poetry Club Board of Directors is delighted to announce the results of our 2025 contests!
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Jennifer Garfield
Winner:
Kirun Kapur, “Marsiya”
Finalists:
Mary Christine Delea, "Why I Chose Bernadette"
Wendy Drexler, “Alzheimer's Abecedarian and Erasure”
Roman Johnson, “Hockey”
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Chard de Niord
Winner:
Wendy Drexler, “On Seeing the Movie No Other Land”
Finalists:
Julia H. Fonte, "A pea deprived a princess of sleep"
Matthew Johnson, “I Dream the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn”
Bryan Marshall, “not next now not next”
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Kymm Coveney
Winner:
“The Parable of the Hands” by Mariya Tytarenko, translated by Yuliya Musakovska
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Laura Rodley
Winner:
Jason O’Toole, “Astropastoral (The Second Pentacle of the Sun)”
Finalists:
Kirun Kapur, “Cancer Qasida”
Stephanie Angelini, “nighttime in the neonatal”
Brenna Manuel, “Bog in June”
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Matthew E. Henry
Winner:
Therese Gleason, Hemicrania
Finalists:
Tricia Knoll, The Unknown Daughter
Dev Murphy, I’m not I’m not I’m not a baby
Kevin Carey, Jennifer Martelli, and Stephenie Young, Revere Beach Stories
We’re grateful to everyone who entered for bringing their poetry to the table, and to the contest judges for their time and dedication. We will host an online winners/finalists reading on Sunday afternoon, November 16 (exact time TBA). Information about the event, including the Zoom registration link, will appear in our newsletter, as well as on our website and social media. We hope you’ll join us then!
