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Samuel Washington Allen Prize

“Marsiya” by Kirun Kapur

November 12, 2025 by David Miller
Kirun Kapur photograph

Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Jennifer Garfield Kirun Kapur is the author of three books of poetry, Visiting Indira Gandhi’s Palmist (Elixir Press, 2015) which won the Arts & Letters Rumi Prize and the Antivenom … Read more

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“Hockey” by Roman Johnson

November 16, 2025November 10, 2025 by David Miller
Roman Johnson photograph

Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Roman Johnson, PhD  is a writer and scientist from Memphis, TN. He is a second–year MFA student in poetry at Brown University … Read more

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“Alzheimer’s Abecedarian and Erasure” by Wendy Drexler

November 10, 2025 by David Miller
Wendy Drexler, photograph by Debi Milligan

Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Wendy Drexler is a recipient of a 2022 artist fellowship from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Her fourth collection, Harvest of What Remains, will … Read more

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“Why I Chose Bernadette” by Mary Christine Delea

November 7, 2025 by David Miller
Mary Christine Delea photograph

Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Jennifer Garfield Mary Christine Delea is the author of The Skeleton Holding Up the Sky, three chapbooks, and numerous journal publications. She is … 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

Ivy Schweitzer, “Manchester”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
Photography of Ivy Schweitzer

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

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Jennifer Garfield, “my own animal”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
Photograph of Jennifer Garfield

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

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Carolyn Oliver, “Phantasia on Dvořák’s Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85”

September 9, 2024 by David Miller
Carolyn Oliver photograph by Benjamin Oliver

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

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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

Tags Amy Lowell Prize, Award reading, contests, Der Hovanessian Prize, E.E. Cummings Prize, Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize, Samuel Washington Allen Prize, Sheila Margaret Motton Book Prize, translation
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