Daisy Bassen, “burning, bright”
Honorable Mention, Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
2022 Contest Poems
Rajiv Mohabir, selections from “Cutlish”
Honorable Mention, Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board
Richard Fein, Selections from “Losing It”
Honorable Mention, Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board
M.P. Carver, “You & God & I”
M.P. Carver, “You & God & I,” Winner, E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Carolyn Oliver
Carolyne Wright, “Letter to Anand from Sacatar”
Carolyne Wright, “Letter to Anand from Sacatar,” Honorable Mention, Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
Daniel Barnum, Selections from “names for animals”
Winner, Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Shanta Lee Gander
Jennifer Edwards, “This Poem Can’t Poem Today”
Winner, Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Moira Linehan
Nina Berberova, “To Shakespeare,” translated from the Russian by J. Kates
Winner, Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Eric Hyett
R. Joyce Heon, “Singing Love into Being”
Honorable Mention, Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
Therese Gleason, Selections from “Matrilineal”
Honorable Mention, Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Shanta Lee Gander