New Issues is now accepting submissions for the fall poetry contests.

New Issues Poetry & Prose offers two contests annually. The Green Rose Prize is awarded to an author who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. The New Issues Poetry Prize, an award for a first book of poems, is chosen by a guest judge. Past judges have included Philip Levine, C.K. Williams, C.D. Wright, and Campbell McGrath.

New Issues does not read manuscripts outside our contests. Graduate students in the Ph.D. and M.F.A. programs of Western Michigan University often volunteer their time reading manuscripts. Finalists are chosen by the Editors. Please visit the AWP website for guidelines for the AWP Prize for the novel.

Guidelines: The 2010 Green Rose Prize
Guidelines: The 2010 New Issues Poetry Prize Judge: Linda Gregerson
Guidelines: AWP Award Series in the Novel

View a list of past winners.

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Winner of the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize
Judy Halebsky, A Million in Prizes

Judy Halebsky has won the 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize for her manuscript Sky=Empty. Marvin Bell, author of Mars Being Red, judged. Judy wins a $2,000 award and publication of her manuscript in the spring of 2010.

From Judge’s Citation:
“I was caught by the clarity of mind and expression of Sky=Empty — a quality distinctive at any time. I was caught by the ear and eye, the tone of voice, and the easy movement between inner and outer. The respect for language is tangible. This is a beautiful, engaging first book, the sort of book one may buy a second copy of to give away.” —Marvin Bell

Judy Halebsky is a member of the Sacramento Poetry Center’s Tuesday night workshop and has an M.F.A. from Mills College. Her poems have appeared in Runes, Five Fingers Review and Eleven Eleven. Residencies at the MacDowell Colony and the Millay Colony have supported her work. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, she is currently in Japan studying noh theatre on a research scholarship from the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT).

Also chosen for publication, runner-up:
Pima Road Notebook by Keith Ekiss

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Winner of the 2009 Green Rose Prize in Poetry
Malinda Markham, Having Cut the Sparrow’s Heart

The Editors of New Issues Poetry & Prose are pleased to announce the winner of the 2009 Green Rose Prize: Malinda Markham for her manuscript Having Cut the Sparrow’s Heart. Malinda wins a $2,000 award and publication of her manuscript in the spring of 2010.

Malinda Markham received an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver. Her first book, Ninety-five Nights of Listening, won the Bread Loaf Bakeless Prize was was published by Houghton-Mifflin in 2002. Her poems have been published in journals such as Conjunctions, Colorado Review, American Letters & Commentary, Paris Review, Volt, and Fence. Her work has also appeared in the anthologies The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries (ed. by Reginald Shepherd) and Deep Travel (ed. by Sandra Meek). She has also published translations of modern and contemporary Japanese Poetry. She works as an equities translator for a major Japanese securities company.

Also chosen for publication in the Green Rose Series:
Tocqueville by Khaled Mattawa
Vivisect by Lisa Lewis

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The 2008 AWP Award Series in the Novel
Invaded, a novel by Goldie Goldbloom
Judge: Joanna Scott

Goldie Goldbloom of Chicago, Illinois, has won the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel for her manuscript titled Invaded. Joanna Scott, author of Everybody Loves Somebody and The Manikin, judged the contest for AWP.

Judge's Statement: "Invaded is a strange, mesmerizing tale about characters uncomfortably defined by superficial eccentricities. It is also a wrenching love story."

Goldie Goldbloom's stories have appeared in StoryQuarterly and Narrative Magazine. She lives in Chicago and has eight children.

AWP is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving American letters, writers, and programs of writing. Visit the 2008 AWP Award Series page for more information on the contest and to view the winners of the other categories.

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