Diana Der Hovanessian Prize Finalist, selected by Lloyd Schwartz Translated from the Biblical Hebrew Tzivia Gover, award-winning author of several books including Dreaming on the Page: Tap into Your Midnight Mind … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Michelle Courtney Berry was the second Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, New York, and is a former Cave Canem Fellow. Her poetry has … Read more
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