Ivy Schweitzer, “Manchester”
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 more
2024 Contest Poems
Sara Backer, “Shifting”
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 more
Susan Donnelly, “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
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 more
Mary Beth Hines, “Waking Uncle Edward”
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 more
Naomi Mulvihill, We All Might Be
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 more
Quintin Collins, “Dying Laughing”
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 more
Rainer Maria Rilke, “The Girl Grown Up,” translated from the German by Donald Mace Williams
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 more
Jennifer Garfield, “my own animal”
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 more
Carolyn Oliver, “Phantasia on Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books, forthcoming 2024), Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of … Read more
J. Kates, “The Rainmaker”
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Sarah Audsley J. Kates, a minor poet and a literary translator, has published two books and three chapbooks of his own poems, and more than … Read more