Jennifer Jean’s poetry collections are VOZ (Lily Books), The Fool (Big Table), and Object Lesson (Lily Books) which explores sex-trafficking and objectification in America. She’s also released the teaching resource Object Lesson: a Guide to Writing Poetry (Lily … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Danielle Legros Georges “Bahia” by Carolyne Wright Honorable mentions: “I grow old… I grow old” by Vivian Shipley“The Octagonal Schoolhouse” by Joyce Wilson Amy … Read more
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2023 AT 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT Join the New England Poetry Club outdoors in the open air tent at the Old Manse for free poetry … Read more
KELLY DUMAR recently published “jinx and heavenly calling: I poached a portion of my mother’s love letters to my father, 1953-1954” with Lily Poetry Review Books, March 2023, and it’s … Read more
Announcing the publication of Sweet Juice and Ruby-Bitter Seed Merryn Rutledge Available for purchase at Amazon and Kelsay Books www.kelsaybooks.com Merryn Rutledge is a poet, book reviewer, and poetry craft … Read more
Due to the weather predicted for Sunday, April 30, the NEPC has cancelled its reading. We plan to reschedule this event.
Mary Gracie Meijer, from Boston College, is this year’s winner! Gracie Meijer is a fourth-year student at Boston College studying English and Medical Humanities. When she took her first creative … Read more
Our annual contests are now open to submissions. This year, we are going digital (for the most part)! We strongly encourage digital submissions to our individual poem contests. Poem Contest … Read more
Congratulations to NEPC member Owen Lewis, whose poem “On the hospital bed” received First Prize in the 2023 Guernsey International Poetry Contest. NEPC member C.I. Marshall‘s first book, “The Locksmith … Read more