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
Congratulations to all winners, honorable mentions, and finalists! And many thanks to everyone who entered. We’re grateful for your participation. Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Jennifer … Read more
Our annual NEPC contests are now open for submissions. We strongly encourage digital submissions to our individual poem contests. Poem Contest Submission Guidelines and Submission Forms are here. Book Prize … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Enzo Silon Surin Enzo Silon Surin is a Haitian-born award-winning poet, author, educator, publisher and social advocate. He has taught, performed, and lectured on topics such … Read more
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Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Doug Holder and Denise Provost Monica Raymond writes poems, plays, and sometimes prose from an old house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her magical realist … Read more
Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Doug Holder and Denise Provost Paula J. Lambert has published several collections of poetry includingThe Ghost of Every Feathered Thing (FutureCycle 2022) and How to … Read more
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Doug Holder and Denise Provost
Winner, Amy Lowell Prize, selected by Moira Linehan
Amy Lowell Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Toni Bee