Happy Birthday NEPC’s First President Amy Lowell
Amy Lowell would be 150 years old this month, and the Club will be 110 years old in May 2025! Please enjoy this reading by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey … Read more
Contests
Member News Announcements for January 2025
Here are all the member news announcements we posted in January of 2025! NEPC Member Noreen Inglesi wants everyone to know about the Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Initiative/Contest that runs … Read more
Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Contest
NEPC Member Noreen Inglesi wants everyone to know about the Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Initiative/Contest. Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co Inc. is a non-profit Arts organization founded in 2007 … Read more
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
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
Sam Cornish and the New England Mobile Book Fair
In anticipation of the upcoming Sam Cornish Poetry Award reading, we’re pleased to present this reminiscence by Tom Lyons. Please join us in Cambridge at the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters on … Read more
Grant Opportunities for Black Poets and Poets of Color, 2024
From August 1 through October 15, 2024, applications are open for three grants offered by the New England Poetry Club. Please see “Grant Opportunities” under “Contests and Awards” (https://nepoetryclub.org/contests/nepc-grant-opportunities/) for … Read more
Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry
Congratulations to Dan Harrison of Calgary, Alberta, winner of New England Poetry Club’s 2024 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry for undergraduates. Dan is a senior at Plymouth State University in … Read more
2024 NEPC Book Prizes and Poem Contests NOW OPEN – CLOSE May 31st
Our annual NEPC contests are now open for submissions. We strongly encourage digital submissions to our individual poem contests. Poem Contest Submission Guidelines and Submission Forms are here. Book Prize … Read more
2024 Contest Judges Announced
Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Enzo Silon Surin Enzo Silon Surin is a Haitian-born award-winning poet, author, educator, publisher and social advocate. He has taught, performed, and lectured on topics such … Read more