Announcing the Winners of the 2023 National Poetry Series Competition September 8, 2023 – Posted in: News

The National Poetry Series congratulates the five winners of the 2023 National Poetry Series Competition: Field Guide for Accidents by Albert Abonado Chosen by Mahogany L. Browne for Beacon Press Post-Volcanic Folk Tales by Mackenzie Schubert Poloyni Donnelly Chosen by Ishion Hutchinson for Akashic Books The Sky Was Once A Dark Blanket by Kinsale Drake Chosen by Jacqueline Trimble for University of Georgia Press Playing With The Jew by Ava Winter Chosen by Sean Hill

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Announcing the 2022 National Poetry Series Competition Winners & Finalists September 7, 2022 – Posted in: News, Poets

The National Poetry Series is proud to announce the five winners of the 2022 Open Competition, whose works will be published next year by our participating publishers: Organs of Little Importance by Adrienne Chung Chosen by Solmaz Sharif for Penguin Books Tender Headed by Olatunde Osinaike Chosen by Camille Rankine for Akashic Books Survival Strategies by Tennison S. Black Chosen by Adrienne Su for University of Georgia Press I Love Information by Courtney Bush Chosen

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2022 Paz Prize for Poetry Awarded to Cuban poet Oneyda Gonzalez August 16, 2022 – Posted in: News

The National Poetry Series and Miami Book Fair are proud to announce that Oneyda Gonzalez is the winner of this year’s Paz Poetry Prize for an original manuscript of Spanish language poetry. The National Poetry Series, in collaboration with Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Book Fair, with the National Poetry Series, is pleased to announce the 2022 Paz Prize for Poetry winner: Cuban poet Oneyda Gonzalez for her manuscript El lazo infinito. Born in

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Reviewed: 2018 National Poetry Series Winning Books December 10, 2019 – Posted in: News

Recent reviews spotlight winning poetry collections from the 2018 National Poetry Series: Jake Skeets, Eyes Bottle Dark, in The New York Times (9/17/2019) Daniel Poppick, Fear of Description in The New York Times (10/01/2019) Jon Sands, It’s Not Magic in The Boston Globe (9/26/2019)

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