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Poet James Fenton wins Pen Pinter Prize
June 16th, 2015 British poet and journalist James Fenton has won the Pen Pinter Prize, established in honour of playwright Harold Pinter. Previous winners of the Pinter Prize include Tom…
Juan Felipe Herrera is named U.S. poet laureate
June 10th, 2015 Juan Felipe Herrera, author of numerous poetry collections and short stories, is named U.S. poet laureate (21st). He will be the first-ever Chicano/Latino poet laureate, writing and…
Louise Glück awarded Gold Medal for Poetry
June 1st, 2015 Louise Glück awarded Gold Medal for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (AAAL). Glück has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle…
Poetry Foundation Announces Winner of the 2015 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
May 28th, 2015 Mark Ford’s This Dialogue of One: Essays on Poets from John Donne to Joan Murray, published in 2014 from Eyewear Publishing, is awarded the annual $7,500 Pegasus Award for…
Franz Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Dies at 62
May 15th, 2015 Franz Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, died at 62 from lung cancer. He won the Pulitzer in 2004 for his collection of poetry called “Walking to Martha’s…
Alice Notley Wins the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
May 7th, 2015 Alice Notely, the author of over 25 books of poetry, has been awarded the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. The prize, first established in 1986, is one…
SP @ AWP! Table 1725
April 7th, 2015 Hey, stop by our table at AWP in MN this week/end and meet us, and pick-up the new issue of Smartish Pace. And don’t tell anyone but…
2014 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
March 9th, 2015 First Prize: Fables from the Petrified Forest—Dawn Manning Second Prize: Crabbing at Pips, the Old Launch off Hopedale Hwy—Laura Ruffino Third Prize: Planned Obsolescence—Manissa McCleave MaharawalFinalists: Crime…
2014 Erskine J. Poetry Prize Winners
March 1st, 2015 1st PrizeJoshua Bennett: Fresh lfreSHl 2nd PrizeLisa Summe: Morning After We Hook Up 3rd PrizeR.M. Ryan: At a Distance of My Own Honorable MentionsJoshua Bennett: You are so Articulate…
Michael Castro Named St. Louis Poet Laureate
February 10th, 2015 Poet Michael Castro, Lindenwood University professor emeritus, has been named St. Louis’ first poet laureate. He is the founder of the literary journal River Styx.