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The New Criterion Poetry Prize

 

 

The editors are pleased to announce that
 

 Ashley Anna McHugh

 

is the winner of the tenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize

for a book length manuscript of poems
that pay close attention to form.

 

 


Judges:

 John Hollander, Roger Kimball,

Hilton Kramer, Greg Williamson & David Yezzi

 

 Ms. McHugh will receive $3,000

and her book

 
Into These Knots
 
will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago.

"The New Criterion Poetry Prize . . . has become
a more reliable indicator of high readability
than most other poetry prizes."—Booklist

 

 

 

Previous winners:


Landscape and Journey
by William Virgil Davis
(2009 winner)


Taking the Occasion
by Daniel Brown
(2008 winner)

Daniel Brown’s book Taking the Occasion, winner of the eighth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)




Foiled Again
by J. Allyn Rosser
(2007 winner)

J. Allyn Rosser’s book Foiled Again, winner of the seventh annual New Criterion poetry prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)



The God of this World to His Prophet
by Bill Coyle
(2006 winner)

Bill Coyle’s book The God of this World to His Prophet, winner of the sixth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)




Weighing Light
by Geoffrey Brock
(2005 winner)

Geoffrey Brock’s book Weighing Light, winner of the fifth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)




Zero Meridian
by Deborah Warren
(2003 winner)

Deborah Warren’s book Zero Meridian, winner of the fourth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)



 


Skywriting and
other poems

by Charles Tomlinson
(2002 winner)

Charles Tomlinson’s book Skywriting and Other Poems, winner of the third annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)



 


The Thousand Wells

by Adam Kirsch
(2001 winner)

Adam Kirsch’s The Thousand Wells, winner of the second annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)



 
Early and Late:
Selected poems

by Donald Petersen
(2000 winner)


Donald Petersen’s Early and Late, winner of the first annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)

 

 


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