Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books, forthcoming 2024), Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of … Read moreCarolyn Oliver, “Phantasia on Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85”
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Sarah Audsley J. Kates, a minor poet and a literary translator, has published two books and three chapbooks of his own poems, and more than … Read moreJ. Kates, “The Rainmaker”
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Pushcart Prize winner Laura Rodley‘s latest books are Turn Left at Normal by Big Table Press, Counter Point by Prolific Press, … Read moreLaura Rodley, “A Matter of Physics”
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Notes from the … Read moreWendy Drexler, “Gossip and Metaphysics”
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board Heather Treseler is the author of Auguries & Divinations (Bauhan), which received the 2023 May Sarton New Hampshire Prize and is … Read moreHeather Treseler, Auguries & Divinations
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize Honorable Mention, selected by the NEPC Board Andrea Cohen is the author of eight poetry collections, including, most recently, The Sorrow Apartments.Her poems have appeared in The … Read moreAndrea Cohen, The Sorrow Apartments
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize Honorable Mention, selected by the NEPC Board Daniel Tobin is the author of nine books of poems, including From Nothing, winner of the Julia Ward Howe Award, The … Read moreDaniel Tobin, The Mansions
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Marcia Karp Owen Lewis is the author of three collections of poetry and three chapbooks, most recently Knock-knock. Field Light, was a Distinguished Favorite, 2020 … Read moreOwen Lewis, “(from captivity) When living children”
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Jennifer Jean Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books, forthcoming 2024), Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of Utah … Read moreCarolyn Oliver, Night Ocean
Congratulations to all winners, honorable mentions, and finalists! And many thanks to everyone who entered. We’re grateful for your participation. Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Jennifer … Read moreNEPC Contest Results: 2024