New Issues Poetry and Prose

Announcements:

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The 2010 Green Rose Prize
Winner: Seth Abramson

Seth Abramson

The 2010 Green Rose Prize has been awarded to Seth Abramson for his manuscript Northerners, which will be published in the spring of 2011.

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Prize Guidelines:

The 2010 New Issues Poetry Prize for first books of Poetry. Judge: Linda Gregerson
[Award Announcement: April '10]
The 2010 Green Rose Prize for a full-length collection of poetry by an established poet.
[Award Announcement: Jan '10]

Would you like to know more about the poetry awards that New Issues offers? Please visit our
Contest Page.

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FORTHCOMING
TITLES for 2010/11

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The 2009 New Issues Poetry Prize
Winner: Judy Halebsky

Judy Halebsky

The 2009 New ssues Poetry Prize has been awarded to Judy Halebsky for her manuscript Sky=Empty, which will be published in the spring of 2010. Judge: Marvin Bell.

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New Poetry

Missing Her

Having Cut the Sparrow's Heart
By Malinda Markham
Winner of the 2009 Green Rose Prize
April 2010

"No one else writes poems anywhere near these in felt intelligence, in glorious sensuous detail."
—Bin Ramke

Beauty Breaks In

Tocqueville
By Khaled Mattawa
The Green Rose Series
April 2010

"Here’s a book of marvelous poems for our times; its textured complexity radiates and sings."
—Yusef Komunyakaa

Introducing New Poets

A Million in Prizes
By Justin Marks
Winner of the 2008 New Issues Poetry Prize
April 2009

“A Million in Prizes seduces in the best way: subtly, with a poignant wit, and a sly charm.”
—Carl Phillips, Judge

Zero at the Bone
By Stacie Cassarino
May 2009

"'Who ever said / there was a place for you?' the poet cries out, and Zero at the Bone urges this anxious question in each highly-wrought fibre of its lines.”
—Glyn Maxwell

The AWP Award Series in the Novel

Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders
a novel by Goldie Goldbloom
February 26 2010

Winner of the 2008 AWP Award for the Novel
Judge: Joanna Scott

"Toads’ Museum of Freaks and Wonders is a strange, mesmerizing tale about characters uncomfortably defined by superficial eccentricities. It is also a wrenching love story."
—Joanna Scott, Judge