Poet John Ashbery dies age 90
September 4th, 2017
John Ashbery, American poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and many others, died on September 3 at age 90. He published over thirty books since 1970 including Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror, and was the first living poet to have a collection of his work published by the Library of America (2008).
Best New Poet Nominations: Hunt & Macormic
March 15th, 2017
Smartish Pace Editor Stephen Reichert nominated Laurel Hunt, and her poem "Glass," and D.M. Macormic, and his poem "Identity Theft," for Best New Poets 2017. SP nominations have won in past years and we hope Hunt and Macormic are both selected this year.
Writer’s Residency: Day Use (near Baltimore)
February 20th, 2017
The Good Contrivance Farm Residency provides a 1200 square foot barn loft apartment on a small, historic farm in central Maryland, 25 miles north of Baltimore. It's run by our friend Ron Tanner and you should check-it-out!
SP Poet Jacob Polley wins T.S. Eliot Prize
January 21st, 2017
Congratulations to Smartish Pace poet Jacob Polley for winning the T.S. Eliot Prize, the world's most prestigious poetry prize, for his new collection Jackself (Picador, 2016). Polley's new poems will appear in the next issue of Smartish Pace, released in Feb. 2016 and available at #AWP and here. Cheers!
16th Annual Erskine J. Poetry Prize
January 18th, 2017
All poems published in Smartish Pace Issue 24.
First Prize - "When My Stepbrother Went Missing" by Emily Schulten
Second Prize - "Family Funhouse" by Matt Kelsey
Third Prize - "Neighbors" by Michael Pontacoloni
Finalists
"Bonsai" by Graham Henderson
"We’ll All Be Drowned" by Emily Schulten
Prize Judge: Stephen Reichert
13th Annual Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
January 16th, 2017
All poems published in Smartish Pace Issue 24.
First Prize - "The Messy Girl Feels at Home in New Delhi" by Jennifer Koiter
Second Prize - "Letter to Hannah From the Cafeteria During First Lunch at the Art School Where I Teach" by Mamie Morgan
Third Prize - "Body Ghazal" by Asia Calcagno
Finalists
"Wrecking Wrens" by Tara Bray
"Ode to the Nightshift" by Asia Calcagno
"Snapdragons" by Emily Rose Cole
"Fog Forest" Jennifer Moore
"Safeguard" by Michelle Parker Randall
"The Nature of Love" by Nancy Reddy
Prize Judges: Clare Banks & Traci O’Dea
Smartish Pace 2016 The Pushcart Prize Nominations
December 1st, 2016
Aliki Barnstone: “A Sundial in France I’ve Never Seen”
Donald Berger: “Hanging Wood”
Gordon Buchan: “The Sign in the Sky”
Alicia Mountain: “Scavenger”
G.H. Mosson: “Punk Rock Song”
Jennifer Pruiett-Selby: “Etiquette for Maidens (to Avoid Hysteria)"
We've had Pushcart winners before--hope we have one again!
SP Poet Aliki Branstone named MO Poet Laureate
July 2nd, 2016
Aliki Barnstone, of Columbia, was appointed by Gov. Nixon as Missouri’s new Poet Laureate. Barnstone is Professor of English in the Creative Writing program at the University of Missouri. A poet, translator, critic, and editor, she is the author of eight books of poetry, including Dwelling (forthcoming fall 2016). Her new poems appear in Smartish Pace, Issue 23.
Poet Carson Cistulli Talkin' Baseball
May 27th, 2016
Smartish Pace poet Carson Cistulli is all things to all people. If all the things people care about are poetry and baseball, that is. Listen here to Carson on the Baseball Prospetus Daily Podcast: Effectively Wild. Carson's poems appear in SP Issue 20.
Poet Matthew Zapruder Named the New Poetry Column Editor for The New York Times Magazine.
March 3rd, 2016
Poet Matthew Zapruder has been appointed the new poetry column editor for The New York Times Magazine. Born in Washington, D.C., he lives in Oakland, where he is the director of the Saint Mary’s College of California MFA Program in Creative Writing, as well as editor at large for Wave Books. He is the author of several books of poetry, including his fourth collection Sun Bear (2014) and Come On All You Ghosts (2010).
