Announcements:

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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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The 2009 Green Rose Prize
Winner: Malinda Markham

Malinda Markham

The 2009 Green Rose Prize has been awarded to Malinda Markham for her manuscript Having Cut the Sparrow's Heart, which will be published in the spring of 2010.

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FORTHCOMING
TITLES for 2008/09

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New Poetry

Hilarity book cover

Hilarity
By Patty Seyburn
Winner of the 2008 Green Rose Prize
April 2009

"In a time when there's little to laugh about, Patty Seyburn's Hilarity is an epic punch line: sparkling and smart."
—Carol Muske-Dukes

Causeway

Dirt Angels
By Donald Platt
The Green Rose Series
May 2009

Dirt Angels offers its readers resolute, if embattled, joyfulness through Platt's gorgeous language . . ."
—Paisley Rekdal

Introducing New Poets

A Million in Prizes

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

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

We Agreed to Meet Just Here

We Agreed to Meet Just Here
a novel by Scott Blackwood
February 2009

Winner of the 2007 AWP Award for the Novel
Judge: Robert Eversz

We Agreed to Meet Just Here is a lyrical mystery about disappearance, told in precise and luminous prose.”

— Robert Eversz, Judge

 


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