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Sara Fetherolf wins the 2021 New American Poetry Prize

January 28, 2022

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We’re pleased to announce that Quan Barry has selected Via Combusta by Sara Fetherolf of Long Beach, CA, to receive the 2021 New American Poetry Prize!

Sara is a poet, essayist, storyteller, and librettist, whose work has appeared in Muzzle, Indiana Review, The California Journal of Poetics, and Plath Profiles, among others. Their debut work of short fiction, “The Place” was the 2021 Iron Horse Long Story award winner, and is forthcoming in spring 2022. She has an MFA degree from Hunter College, and is currently a PhD candidate in Literature and Creative Writing at University of Southern California, where she serves as poetry editor for Gold Line Press.

Finalists for the 2021 New American Poetry Prize

  • Greenest Grass, by Flower Conroy of Slidell, LA
  • Salt and Ambrosia, by Jennifer Louvet of Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Little Palace, by Adam Gellings of Columbus, OH
  • the artemisia, by William Barnes of Santa Fe, NM
  • Leda’s Daughters, by K. Avvrin Gray of Los Angeles, CA
  • out takes/ glove box, by Maya Jewell Zeller of Spokane, WA
  • Bees in the Fire, by Fay Dillof of Berkeley, CA

Filed Under: Announcements, Contests, New American Poetry Prize Tagged With: Sara Fetherolf

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Maya Jewell Zeller wins the 2022 New American Poetry Prize

We’re pleased to announce that Eduardo Corral has selected out takes/ glove box by Maya Jewell Zeller of Spokane, Washington, to receive the 2022 New American Poetry Prize! Maya will receive $1,500 and out takes/ glove box is tentatively slated for publication in October 2023. Maya is the author of the interdisciplinary collaboration (with visual[Read More]

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2023 New American Poetry Prize Submission Deadline Extended to February 15

The deadline for submissions to the 2023 New American Poetry Prize has been extended to February 15, 2023. The winning manuscript will be published and its author will receive $1500, promotional support, and 25 author copies. Manuscripts should be at least 48 pages, but there is no maximum length. All forms and styles of poetry[Read More]

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