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Erskine J. Poetry Prize Announced
January 13th, 2013 Here are the winners of the 2012 Erskine J. Poetry Prize. All poems will be published in Smartish Pace.First Prize: “The Moon Is So Smart” by Andrea HencheySecond Prize:…
2012 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize
December 22nd, 2012 Judges Clare Banks and Traci O’Dea have selected the winners of the 2012 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize. All poems will be published in Smartish Pace, Issue 20. 1st…
SP Pushcart Prize Nominations
November 29th, 2012 Smartish Pace 2012 Pushcart Prize Nominations, made by Editor Stephen Reichert From Issue 19 (April, 2012) Sherman Alexie: “Sonnet, With Snow”Aaron Belz: “Strong Emotions”Alison Pelegrin: “Pantoum of the…
Jack Gilbert Dies
November 13th, 2012 Poet Jack Gilbert died Tuesday in Berkeley. He was 87 and had been in assisted care for three years due to dementia. In March, Alfred A. Knopf published Collected…
POETRY Turns 100, Smartish Pace Commences Puberty
October 2nd, 2012 Poetry magazine, founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe, celebrates its centennial anniversary in October with the publication of The Open Door: 100 Poems, 100 Years of Poetry Magazine (University of…
Jorie Graham wins Forward Prize for Poetry
October 1st, 2012 Jorie Graham has won the £10,000 Forward Prize for Poetry for her collection P L A C E. She is the first female recipient of the prize since Kathleen…
Jeannine Hall Gailey Named Redmond, WA Poet Laureate
September 30th, 2012 Redmond’s new poet laureate is Jeannine Hall Gailey. Her poetry appears in Issue 15 of Smartish Pace.
B O D Y poetry. prose. word.
September 25th, 2012 Check-out the latest at B O D Y because they’re on top of their game and published a poem from our very own Associate Editor, Clare Banks.
Natasha Trethewey Named US Poet Laureate
June 7th, 2012 Trethewey, 46, an English and creative writing professor at Emory University will be the 19th U.S. Poet Laureate. The Pulitzer Prize winner is the nation’s first poet laureate…
Matt Hart’s Poem From SP Wins Pushcart Prize
May 22nd, 2012 Matt Hart’s poem “Beyond and Beyonder” has been selected for Pushcart Prize XXXVII. The poem originally appeared in Smartish Pace, Issue 19.