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“Places with Terrible Wi-fi” by Sonja Ringo

September 8, 2026 by David Miller
Sonja Ringo

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

Categories 2026 Contest Poems Tags E.E. Cummings Prize

“Genesis 20: A Poetic and Restorative Translation” by Tzivia Gover

September 9, 2026September 8, 2026 by David Miller
Tzivia Gover

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

Categories 2026 Contest Poems Tags Der Hovanessian Prize

“A Blues for Otis” by Michelle Courtney Berry

September 8, 2026September 7, 2026 by David Miller
Michelle Courtney Berry

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

Categories 2026 Contest Poems Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize

“The Mudroom of My Grieving” by Robbie Gamble

September 7, 2026 by David Miller
Robbie Gamble

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

Categories 2026 Contest Poems Tags Amy Lowell Prize

“I Listen to Money Singing” by Dolores Hayden

September 7, 2026 by David Miller

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

Categories 2026 Contest Poems Tags E.E. Cummings Prize

Announcing the Winner of the 2026 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry

May 10, 2026 by New England Poetry Club

Congratulations to Sally Young of Dartmouth College, winner of The New England Poetry Club’s 2026 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry for undergraduates. Sally Young is an English major with a … Read more

Categories Contests, Victor Howes Prize in Poetry

Revere Beach Stories, by Kevin Carey, Jennifer Martelli, and Stephenie Young

November 19, 2025 by David Miller
Kevin Carey, Jennifer Martelli, Stephenie Young

Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Kevin Carey’s books include the poetry collections The One Fifteen to Penn Station, Jesus Was a Homeboy, Set in Stone, … Read more

Categories 2025 Contest Poems, Contests Tags Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize

“Marsiya” by Kirun Kapur

November 12, 2025 by David Miller
Kirun Kapur photograph

Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Jennifer Garfield Kirun Kapur is the author of three books of poetry, Visiting Indira Gandhi’s Palmist (Elixir Press, 2015) which won the Arts & Letters Rumi Prize and the Antivenom … Read more

Categories 2025 Contest Poems Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize

Hemicrania by Therese Gleason

November 11, 2025 by David Miller
Therese Gleason photograph

Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Matthew E. Henry Therese Gleason (she/her) is author of three poetry chapbooks: Hemicrania (Chestnut Review Chapbooks, 2024); Matrilineal (Finishing Line, 2021), honorable mention, 2022 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, New … Read more

Categories 2025 Contest Poems Tags Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize

The Unknown Daughter by Tricia Knoll

November 11, 2025 by David Miller
Patricia Knoll photograph

Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Tricia Knoll is an aging Vermont poet who lives in the woods with two dogs. Nine of her collections are … Read more

Categories 2025 Contest Poems Tags Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize
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