Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur (Author photograph by Benjamin Oliver) Carolyn Oliver is the author of Whale Garden (forthcoming from River River Books in 2027), The Alcestis Machine (Acre, 2024), … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Kim Sunée is the author of the bestselling memoir, Trail of Crumbs: Hunger, Love, and the Search for Home, which has been … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Winner, selected by Kirun Kapur Carla Schwartz’s poems have appeared in her collections, including Signs of Marriage. Learn more at https://carlapoet.com, or on social media @cb99videos. … Read more
Samuel Washington Allen Prize Finalist, selected by Kirun Kapur Michelle Courtney Berry was the second Poet Laureate of Tompkins County, New York, and is a former Cave Canem Fellow. Her poetry has … Read more
The New England Poetry Club is proud to announce the results of our 2026 contests!Samuel Washington Allen Prize, selected by Kirun KapurWinner:Carla Schwartz, “Elegy Sequence for Charles Coe”Finalists:Michelle Courtney Berry, … Read more
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
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
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
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
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