Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Danielle Legros Georges
Honorable mentions:
“I grow old… I grow old” by Vivian Shipley
“The Octagonal Schoolhouse” by Joyce Wilson
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Doug Holder and Denise Provost
“What Grows From a Heart Stopped Cold” by Paula J. Lambert
Honorable mentions:
“Bill Evans and My Brother’s Hands” by David Gordon
E.E. Cummings Prize, selected by M.P. Carver
“Pat Schroeder Was Our Mother” by Carla Schwartz
Honorable mentions:
“Alone on the road back to Seoul” by Judith Hoyer
“What I Watch the Sea Tell the Seashore” by Paula J. Lambert
Diana Der-Hovanessian Prize, selected by J. Kates
ANIMATE’M, ANIMA, M’ANIMAL by Enric Casasses, translated
from the Catalan by Mara Faye Lethem
Honorable mentions:
“Pear” by Duan Qingqing, translated from the Chinese by Paula J. Lambert
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Daniel Barnum
Honorable mentions:
#stringofbeads by Lee Ann Roripaugh
Finalists:
fist of wind by Nefertiti Asanti
Mirabilia by Gail Hanlon
Sandman by Huan He
Local Habitations by Mark Wacome Stevick
Trail of Roots by Gail Thomas
Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, selected by the NEPC Board
Winthropos by George Kalogeris
Honorable mention:
Finalists:
The Sliding Boat Our Bodies Made by Jennifer Barber
Casualty Reports by Martha Collins
Hotel Oblivion by Cynthia Cruz
the Colored page by Matthew E. Henry
People Once Real by Richard Hoffman
Sleeping As Fast As I Can by Richard Michelson
Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble by Carolyn Oliver
Aunt Bird by Yerra Sugarman
More Poems About Money by Daniel Wolff