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Happy Birthday NEPC’s First President Amy Lowell

April 5, 2025February 11, 2025 by New England Poetry Club

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

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Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Contest

January 20, 2025December 15, 2024 by New England Poetry Club
Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Initiative/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

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Ivy Schweitzer, “Manchester”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
Photography of Ivy Schweitzer

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

Categories 2024 Contest Poems, Contests Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize

Jennifer Garfield, “my own animal”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
Photograph of Jennifer Garfield

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

Categories 2024 Contest Poems, Contests Tags Samuel Washington Allen Prize

Sam Cornish and the New England Mobile Book Fair

August 8, 2024 by David Miller
Portrait of Sam Cornish

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

Categories Contests Tags Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Sam Cornish Award

Grant Opportunities for Black Poets and Poets of Color, 2024

November 5, 2024July 30, 2024 by David Miller

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

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Golden Rose 2024

June 14, 2024 by David Miller

A warm thank-you to Jennifer Clarvoe for providing these pictures of the Golden Rose celebration, with awardee Gail Mazur, at the Longfellow House in Cambridge on June 9! This summer’s … Read more

Categories Summer Festival at the Longfellow House Tags Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Amy Lowell 150th Anniversary

June 3, 2024May 31, 2024 by Nidia Hernández

CELEBRATING AMY LOWELL 150th ANNIVERSARY

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Summer Poetry at the Longfellow House

June 14, 2024May 22, 2024 by David Miller
Longfellow House audience outdoors in summer

Join us this summer at The Longfellow House, Washington’s Headquarters, Historic Site, for our annual poetry programs! We’re delighted to participate, once again, in the Longfellow Summer Arts Festival, 105 … Read more

Categories Summer Festival at the Longfellow House

Announcing the Winner of the 2024 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry

April 21, 2024 by New England Poetry Club

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

Categories Contests, Contests, Victor Howes Prize in Poetry
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