Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Jason O’Toole Robbie Gamble (he/him) received an MFA in Poetry from Lesley University. His poems and essays have appeared in Consequence, Post Road, Red Wheelbarrow, … Read more
E.E. Cummings Prize Finalist, selected by Wendy Drexler Dolores Hayden‘s poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies including Poetry, Yale Review, The Common, Ecotone, Missouri Review, Verse Daily, and … Read more
The New England Poetry Club is proud to announce the results of our 2026 contests!Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Kirun KapurWinner:Carla Schwartz, “Elegy Sequence for Charles Coe”Finalists:Michelle Courtney Berry, … Read more
Hi everyone! Summer is going strong, and so are member news submissions! Take a look at all of the non-event news that happened in July 2026! Remember, if you are … Read more
Dear Friends, If there is such a thing as the poetry gods, they must be smiling on NEPC! We’ve now held 6 of the 8 scheduled events in the WE (too) … Read more
Hi everyone! June was an excellent month for member news. Here are some of the big announcements! Remember, if you are an NEPC member, you can submit your own poetry … Read more
Dear Friends, The swelter of high summer––and even a few rare spring days––with some blustery fall storms crammed in between: and that’s just a week in June in New England! No wonder … Read more
Hi everyone! Another month of amazing member poetry news took place. Here is the recap of all book or poem publications and other happenings! If you are an NEPC member, … Read more
Dear Friends, I’ve no big alerts for my letter this month, though after our upcoming Board meeting on June 6th, I expect I’ll be able to announce a few interesting … Read more
Congratulations to Sally Young of Dartmouth College, winner of The New England Poetry Club’s 2026 Victor Howes Prize in Poetry for undergraduates. Sally Young is an English major with a … Read more