Member News Announcements for January 2025
Here are all the member news announcements we posted in January of 2025! NEPC Member Noreen Inglesi wants everyone to know about the Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Initiative/Contest that runs … Read more
Victor Howes Prize in Poetry Submissions Are Open Now
The New England Poetry Club is happy to announce that submissions for the Victor Howes Prize in Poetry are open NOW. You can read the VHP Contest Guidelines here: https://nepoetryclub.org/contests/victor-howes-prize-in-poetry/ … Read more
Member News Announcements for December 2024
Congratulations to the many accomplishments of NEPC members in December! These announcements were previously published on our social media and events page. NEPC Member Sue Owen‘s “Hurricane in a Bad … Read more
Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Contest
NEPC Member Noreen Inglesi wants everyone to know about the Notable Works’ 2025 Poetry Initiative/Contest. Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co Inc. is a non-profit Arts organization founded in 2007 … Read more
2024 NEPC Grant Awardees
The New England Poetry Club is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual grants: Members of the New England Poetry Club’s board served as judges. With these grants, the … Read more
Member News Announcements for October & November 2024
Congratulations to the many accomplishments of NEPC members in October and November! These announcements were previously published on our social media and events page. October 2024 Here is a recap … Read more
NEPC Announces new President: Steven Ratiner
Note from outgoing Interim President Linda Haviland Conte: I am excited to announce that we have a new president for NEPC, STEVEN RATINER. I’m so proud that the search … Read more
Member News Announcements for September 2024
NEPC Jen Payne’s “Sleeping with Ghosts: Poems & Musings” published by Three Chairs Publishing, available now. This is the poet’s fifth book. NEPC member Richard Dey has recently published “Collected … Read more
Ivy Schweitzer, “Manchester”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ivy Schweitzer has lived for many years in Vermont and taught English and Women’s, Gender, … Read more
Sara Backer, “Shifting”
E.E. Cummings Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Marcia Karp Sara Backer‘s first book of poetry, Such Luck, follows two chapbooks: Scavenger Hunt, and Bicycle Lotus, which won the Turtle Island Chapbook Award. Recent poem publications include Lake … Read more