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2008 Neil Postman Award Winners Congratulations to Martin Vest: His poem "Man on Fire " has been given the $100 prize for best metaphor. John Goode earned an honorable mention for "Happiness." Both poems first appeared in the Winter 2007 issue, #28. For reprints of both, and more information on the prize, download the Spring e-Issue.
RATTLE Conversations Released We're pleased to announced that RATTLE's first selected interviews anthology has just released from Red Hen Press. The book features 14 of the best interviews that Alan Fox has done over the last two decades. Interviewees include some of the most distinguished poets alive today. For more information, click here.
2007 Pushcart Prize Nominees
Congratulations to our six nominees. In addition a chance at representing RATTLE in the anthology, each of their poems will be featured as a "Poem of the Week" for one of the first six weeks of 2008. For more information on the Pushcart Anthology, and the nomination process, visit www.pushcartprize.com.
2007 Rattle Poetry Prize Winners Congratulations to Albert Haley: we've selected his poem "Barcelona" as the $5,000 prize winner. For a list of the ten honorable mentions, and the rest of the semifinalists, click here.
2007 Pushcart Prize Winner Congratulations to Lynn Shapiro: her poem "Sloan-Kettering" won a Pushcart Prize and will appear in the 2007 anthology this November.
2007 Neil Postman Award Winners Congratulations to Cullen Bailey Burns: Her poem "We Just Want it to Be Healthy" has been given the $100 prize for best metaphor. Stacie Primeaux earned an honorable mention for "Relic." Both poems first appeared in the Summer 2007 issue, #25. For reprints of both, and more information on the prize, download the Spring e-Issue.
2007 Best American Poetry Congratulations to Gregory Orr: His poem "Weeping, weeping, weeping" from issue #24 has been selected by Heather McHugh to appear in 2007's Best American Poetry anthology, releasing this fall. For more information on the series (as if anyone might need it), visit their website here.
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| 7/15/08 | VCP Anthology Reading & Release |
Timothy Green joins a lineup of contributors to the Valley Contemporary Poets Anthology for a reading and book release party. Stop by to purchase copies, or just listen to a diverse group of LA poets.
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