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Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize Winner, selected by Lloyd Schwartz From the German, “Im Garten der Nichte” (originally published in Reglose Jagd, zu Klampen Verlag, 2014). Jay Aelick is a nonbinary writer … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Winner, selected by Kirun Kapur Carla Schwartz’s poems have appeared in her collections, including Signs of Marriage. Learn more at https://carlapoet.com, or on social media @cb99videos. … Read more
Sheila Margaret Motton Prize Finalist, selected by Heather Treseler (Photo credit: Raisa Covaleski) Dzvinia Orlowsky is author of seven poetry collections published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, including Bad Harvest … Read more
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Wendy Drexler Sonja Ringo is a Canadian-American poet and author of two poetry collections, Where the Beetle Went for Lunch and mortal atlas. Her third collection is … Read more
Diana Der Hovanessian Prize Finalist, selected by Lloyd Schwartz Translated from the Biblical Hebrew Tzivia Gover, award-winning author of several books including Dreaming on the Page: Tap into Your Midnight Mind … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Michelle Courtney Berry was the second Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, New York, and is a former Cave Canem Fellow. Her poetry has … Read more
Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Jason O’Toole Robbie Gamble (he/him) received an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University. His poems and essays have appeared in Consequence, Post Road, Red Wheelbarrow, … Read more
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Wendy Drexler Dolores Hayden‘s poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies including Poetry, Yale Review, The Common, Ecotone, Missouri Review, Verse Daily, and … Read more
The New England Poetry Club is proud to announce the results of our 2026 contests!Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Kirun KapurWinner:Carla Schwartz, “Elegy Sequence for Charles Coe”Finalists:Michelle Courtney Berry, … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Kirun Kapur Kirun Kapur grew up in Hawaii and now lives along the banks of the Merrimac River. She is the author of three books of poetry: Women in … Read more