2026 Contest Judges Announced
Samuel Washington Allen Prize: Kirun Kapur Kirun Kapur grew up in Hawaii and now lives along the banks of the Merrimac River. She is the author of three books of poetry: Women in … Read more
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize
Revere Beach Stories, by Kevin Carey, Jennifer Martelli, and Stephenie Young
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Kevin Carey’s books include the poetry collections The One Fifteen to Penn Station, Jesus Was a Homeboy, Set in Stone, … Read more
Hemicrania by Therese Gleason
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Matthew E. Henry Therese Gleason (she/her) is author of three poetry chapbooks: Hemicrania (Chestnut Review Chapbooks, 2024); Matrilineal (Finishing Line, 2021), honorable mention, 2022 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, New … Read more
The Unknown Daughter by Tricia Knoll
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Tricia Knoll is an aging Vermont poet who lives in the woods with two dogs. Nine of her collections are … Read more
I’m not I’m not I’m not a baby by Dev Murphy
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Finalist, selected by Matthew E. Henry Devan Murphy is the author of the chapbook I’m Not I’m Not I’m Not a Baby (Ethel 2024), a collection of prose … Read more
2025 Contest Results
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
2025 Contest Judges Announced
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
Naomi Mulvihill, We All Might Be
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, selected by Jennifer Jean Naomi Mulvihill was a Margaret Murphy endowed fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Her chapbook, We All Might … Read more
Carolyn Oliver, Night Ocean
Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Jennifer Jean Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books, forthcoming 2024), Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of Utah … Read more
Online: 2024 Contests Reading
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