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Winner of 2019 New American Poetry Prize

December 1, 2019

Emily Mohn-Slate

Emily Mohn-Slate’s collection The Falls to receive the 2019 New American Poetry Prize

We’re excited to announce that Sara Gelston has selected Emily Mohn-Slate’s collection The Falls to receive the 2019 New American Poetry Prize! Emily is the author of FEED, which won the 2018 Keystone Chapbook Prize (Seven Kitchens Press). Her poems and essays can be found in At Length, New Ohio Review, Racked, Crab Orchard Review, Muzzle Magazine, Tupelo Quarterly, The Adroit Journal, and elsewhere. She’s a graduate of the Bennington Writing Seminars (MFA), Boston University (MA), and Colgate University (BA). She lives in Pittsburgh, PA, where she teaches at Winchester Thurston School. Emily will receive $1,000 and The Falls will be released in Fall 2020.

Finalists for the 2019 New American Poetry Prize include:

—The Body He Left Behind, by Reese Conner of Tucson, AZ
—Bucolia, by Caroline Crew of Atlanta, GA
—Cloud Hands, Earth Hands, by Donald Platt of Lafayette, IN
—Gentle Slaughter, by Philip Belcher of Asheville, NC
—Playing in Long Shadows, by Nicholas Molbert of Cincinnati, OH
—Rosetta, by Karina Borowicz of Belchertown, MA

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: Caroline Crew, Donald Platt, Emily Mohn-Slate, Karina Borowicz, Nicholas Molbert, Philip Belcher, Reese Conner, Sara Gelston

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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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2023 New American Fiction Prize: Final Judge Gabriel Bump

Submissions for the 2023 New American Fiction Prize will open February 15. Winner will receive a contract including a $1,500 advance, publication, twenty-five copies, and promotional support. Deadline is June 15, 2023. All full-length fiction manuscripts are welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories and/or novellas, novels in verse, linked collections, as well as full-length[Read More]

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