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Amy Lowell Prize

Brenna Manuel, “Bog in June”

November 2, 2025 by David Miller

Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Laura Rodley Brenna Manuel spent her childhood in the suburbs of Detroit. She later moved to the West Coast and received a B.F.A. in Painting … Read more

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Stephanie Angelini, “nighttime in the neonatal”

November 2, 2025 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize Finalist, selected by Laura Rodley Stephanie Angelini is a writer, performer, artist and small business owner living north of Boston.  She spontaneously started writing poetry while in … Read more

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Jason O’Toole, “Astropastoral (The Second Pentacle of the Sun)”

November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Laura Rodley Jason O’Toole is Poet Laureate Emeritus of North Andover, MA. He serves on the advisory board of the New England Poetry Club, and … Read more

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2025 Contest Results

September 27, 2025 by David Miller
NEPC 2025 Contests Winners and Finalists

The New England Poetry Club Board of Directors is delighted to announce the results of our 2025 contests!Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Jennifer GarfieldWinner:Kirun Kapur, “Marsiya”Finalists:Mary Christine Delea, “Why … Read more

Categories Contests Tags Amy Lowell Prize, Der Hovanessian Prize, E.E. Cummings Prize, Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, Samuel Washington Allen Prize

2025 Contest Judges Announced

May 13, 2025 by David Miller

Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Jennifer Garfield Jennifer Garfield‘s poetry has appeared in journals including The Threepenny Review, ONE ART, Frontier, SWWIM, Sugar House Review, MER, On The Seawall, and elsewhere. … Read more

Categories Contests Tags Amy Lowell Prize, Der Hovanessian Prize, E.E. Cummings Prize, Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, Samuel Washington Allen Prize

Quintin Collins, “Dying Laughing”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Quintin Collins (he/him) is a writer, assistant director of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program, and a poetry editor for … Read more

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J. Kates, “The Rainmaker”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Sarah Audsley J.  Kates, a minor poet and a literary translator, has published two books and three chapbooks of his own poems, and more than … Read more

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Laura Rodley, “A Matter of Physics”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Pushcart Prize winner Laura Rodley‘s latest books are Turn Left at Normal by Big Table Press,  Counter Point by Prolific Press, … Read more

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Wendy Drexler, “Gossip and Metaphysics”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
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Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Sarah Audsley Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Notes from the … Read more

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Online: 2024 Contests Reading

August 30, 2024 by David Miller

Please join us on Zoom for our annual reading, featuring: Poems from winners of the Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize and Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize contests; Winning and honorable-mention poems … Read more

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