Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Charles Coe
“eulogy for empire” by Dean Gessie
Honorable mentions:
“burning, bright” by Daisy Bassen
“Singing Love Into Being” by R. Joyce Heon
“From an MRI Machine” by Sarah Hill
“Letter to Anand from Sacatar” by Carolyne Wright
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Moira Linehan
“This Poem Can’t Poem Today” by Jennifer Edwards
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by Carolyn Oliver
“You & God & I” by M.P. Carver
Honorable mentions:
“Juneteenth—A Poem in Progress” by Stephan Delbos
“Old Growth (a golden shovel)” by Karen Kilcup
“Before mid-morning slides to early afternoon” by Maggie Cleveland
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by Eric Hyett
“To Shakespeare” by Nina Berberova, translated from the Russian by J. Kates
Honorable mention:
“Papa, you wanted a son” by Mónica Ojeda, translated from the Spanish by Kymm Coveney
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Shanta Lee Gander
names for animals by Daniel Barnum
Honorable mentions:
Mirror Factory by Carolyn Oliver
Matrilineal by Therese Gleason
Finalists:
She Has Dreamt Again of Water by Stephanie Niu
The Place Where Grief Begins by Christian Hirschmann Brandt
Unheard Whispers by Dianne C. Braley
A Can of Pinto Beans by Robbie Gamble
A Boy in the City by Michael Miller
Blinded Birds by B. Fulton Jennes
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board
Sanctuary, Vermont by Laura Budofsky Wisniewski
Honorable mentions:
Finalists:
Babe by Dorothy Chan
Seize by Brian Komei Dempster
The Maureen Papers and other poems by Susan Donnelly
When Light Shifts by Jennifer L. Freed
If By Song by Marcia Karp
Spit by Daniel Lassell
Winter Bride by Monica McAlpine
Kontemporary Amerikan Poetry by John Murillo
Let It Be Broke by Ed Pavlić