Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
“eulogy for empire” by Dean Gessie
Honorable mentions:
“burning, bright” by Daisy Bassen
“Singing Love Into Being” by R. Joyce Heon
“From an MRI Machine” by Sarah Hill
“Letter to Anand from Sacatar” by Carolyne Wright
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Moira Linehan
“This Poem Can’t Poem Today” by Jennifer Edwards
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Carolyn Oliver
“You and God and I” by M.P. Carver
Honorable mentions:
“Before mid-morning slides to early afternoon” by Maggie Cleveland
“Juneteenth—A Poem in Progress” by Stephan Delbos
“Old Growth (a golden shovel)” by Karen Kilcup
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Eric Hyett
“To Shakespeare” by Nina Berberova, translated from the Russian, by J. Kates
Honorable mention:
“Papa, you wanted a son” by Mónica Ojeda, translated from the Spanish by Kymm Coveney
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Shanta Lee Gander
names for animals by Daniel Barnum
Honorable mentions:
Matrilineal by Therese Gleason
Mirror Factory by Carolyn Oliver
Finalists:
Unheard Whispers by Dianne C. Braley
The Place Where Grief Begins by Christopher Hirschmann Brandt
A Can of Pinto Beans by Robbie Gamble
Blinded Birds by B. Fulton Jennes
A Boy in the City by Michael Miller
She Has Dreamt Again of Water by Stephanie Niu
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board
Sanctuary, Vermont by Laura Budofsky Wisniewski
Honorable mentions:
Losing It by Richard Fein
Cutlish by Rajiv Mohabi
Finalists:
Babe by Dorothy Chan
Seize by Brian Komei Dempster
The Maureen Papers and other poems by Susan Donnelly
When Light Shifts by Jennifer L. Freed
If By Song by Marcia Karp
Spit by Daniel Lassell
Winter Bride by Monica McAlpine
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo
Let It Be Broke by Ed Pavlić
The Prize-Winners’ Reading will be on Sunday, October 2.
Register for the Zoom link to join us on October 2 at 3 PM.