Ivy Schweitzer, “Manchester”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Born in Brooklyn, NY, Ivy Schweitzer has lived for many years in Vermont and taught English and Women’s, Gender, … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize
Jennifer Garfield, “my own animal”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Jennifer Garfield‘s poetry has appeared in numerous journals including The Threepenny Review, ONE ART, Salamander, On the Seawall, and Frontier Poetry. Her work has been nominated … Read more
Carolyn Oliver, “Phantasia on Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Enzo Silon Surin Carolyn Oliver is the author of The Alcestis Machine (Acre Books, forthcoming 2024), Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble (University of … 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
NEPC Contest Results: 2024
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
2024 NEPC Book Prizes and Poem Contests NOW OPEN – CLOSE May 31st
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
2024 Contest Judges Announced
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
New England Poetry Club Prize-Winners’ Reading, 2023
Watch the YouTube video of the October 8, 2023 Anthology reading
Joyce Wilson, “The Octagonal Schoolhouse”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Danielle Legros Georges Joyce Wilson is editor of The Poetry Porch, a literary magazine on the Internet since 1997. Her poems have … Read more
Vivian Shipley, “I grow old…I grow old”
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Honorable Mention, selected by Danielle Legros Georges