WINNER
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF BARBARA GUEST,
ed. Hadley Haden Guest
FINALISTS
ZONG! by M. Nourbese Philip
MY VOCABULARY DID THIS TO ME: THE COLLECTED POETRY OF JACK SPICER, eds. Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian
THE IMPORTANCE OF PEELING POTATOES IN UKRAINE
by Mark Yakich
SEMI-FINALISTS
ALL OF IT SINGING: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Linda Gregg
INSTALLATIONS by Joe Bonomo
THE MATERIALIST by Rick London
THE TRANSLATOR'S DIARY by Jon Pineda
THE DARK CARD by Rebecca Foust
THE COSMOPOLITAN by Donna Stonecipher
BRIEF UNDER WATER by Cyrus Console
THE WARRIOR by Frances Richey
THE FLOATING BRIDGE by David Shumate
NOW YOU'RE THE ENEMY by James Allen Hall
Jon Pineda was born in Charleston, South Carolina and raised in Tidewater, Virginia. In 1994, he earned a BA from James Madison University and has studied in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he received an AWP Intro Award and the Departmental Poetry Award. His poetry has appeared in Many Mountains Moving, the Asian Pacific American Journal, Puerto del Sol, and the Literary Review, among others. He recently received a Virginia Commission for the Arts grant. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia with his wife, Amy.
Deadline for the 2009 Poetry Center Book Award has been extended to March 15. Published original books by a single author (no collaborative works, anthologies, translations, or manuscripts) must be copyrighted 2009. Entrees can be submitted by publisher, author, or by a reader.
(More information HERE.)
THE COLLECTED POEMS OF BARBARA GUEST,
ed. Hadley Haden Guest
FINALISTS
ZONG! by M. Nourbese Philip
MY VOCABULARY DID THIS TO ME: THE COLLECTED POETRY OF JACK SPICER, eds. Peter Gizzi and Kevin Killian
THE IMPORTANCE OF PEELING POTATOES IN UKRAINE
by Mark Yakich
SEMI-FINALISTS
ALL OF IT SINGING: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS by Linda Gregg
INSTALLATIONS by Joe Bonomo
THE MATERIALIST by Rick London
THE TRANSLATOR'S DIARY by Jon Pineda
THE DARK CARD by Rebecca Foust
THE COSMOPOLITAN by Donna Stonecipher
BRIEF UNDER WATER by Cyrus Console
THE WARRIOR by Frances Richey
THE FLOATING BRIDGE by David Shumate
NOW YOU'RE THE ENEMY by James Allen Hall
Jon Pineda was born in Charleston, South Carolina and raised in Tidewater, Virginia. In 1994, he earned a BA from James Madison University and has studied in the MFA program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he received an AWP Intro Award and the Departmental Poetry Award. His poetry has appeared in Many Mountains Moving, the Asian Pacific American Journal, Puerto del Sol, and the Literary Review, among others. He recently received a Virginia Commission for the Arts grant. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia with his wife, Amy.
Deadline for the 2009 Poetry Center Book Award has been extended to March 15. Published original books by a single author (no collaborative works, anthologies, translations, or manuscripts) must be copyrighted 2009. Entrees can be submitted by publisher, author, or by a reader.
(More information HERE.)
