Meet the 2024 National Poetry Series Competition Winners September 4, 2024 – Posted in: News

The National Poetry Series congratulates the five winners of the 2024 National Poetry Series Competition: Games for Children by Keith Wilson Chosen by Rosalie Moffett for Milkweed Editions 82nd Division by D.M. Aderibigbe Chosen by Colin Channer for Akashic Books Blue Loop by AJ White Chosen by Chelsea Dingman for University of Georgia Press Our Hands Hold Violence by Kieron Walquist Chosen by Brenda Hillman for Beacon Press Shade is a Place by MaKshya Tolbert Chosen by Maggie

Announcing the 2024 Winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry August 22, 2024 – Posted in: News

The National Poetry Series, in collaboration with Miami Dade College’s (MDC) acclaimed Miami Book Fair, is pleased to announce the 2024 Paz Prize for Poetry winner: Venezuelan poet Maria Auxiliadora Alvarez for her manuscript Un sol caído avanza. Her book was chosen by German Guerra and will be published by Akashic Press in 2025. María Auxiliadora Álvarez (Caracas, Venezuela, 1956) is a professor emerita at Miami University, Ohio, since 2023. Growing up in different countries

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

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

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

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 National Poetry Series September 2, 2021 – Posted in: News

Congratulations to poets Su Cho, Shelley Puhak, Kien Lam, No’u Revilla and Alexandra Lytton Regalado.

A Virtual Evening of Poetry featuring Robert Hass, Tracy K. Smith and Natasha Trethewey April 20, 2021 – Posted in: News

Three Poet Laureates and three Pulitzer Prize Winners read their work and discuss the role of the poet.

Daniel Halpern on 50 Years of Ecco January 27, 2021 – Posted in: News

National Poetry Series founder and director Daniel Halpern reflects on the 50th anniversary of his publishing imprint, Ecco, in an interview with Mitchell Kaplan on LitHub.

Announcing the 2020 National Poetry Series Competition Winners September 17, 2020 – Posted in: News

The National Poetry Series congratulates the five winners of the 2020 National Poetry Series Competition: W.J. Herbert, Trevor Ketner, Teresa K. Miller, Amanda Moore, and Devon Walker-Figueroa.

Alejandro Pérez-Cortés Awarded the 2020 Paz Prize for Poetry September 15, 2020 – Posted in: News

Alejandro Pérez-Cortés is the winner of this year’s Paz Poetry Prize for an original manuscript of Spanish language poetry.