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2018 Able Muse Book Award (for poetry manuscripts)

Final Judge: Marilyn Nelson
$1000 prize plus publication of winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 31, 2018

2018 Able Muse Write Prize (for poetry & fiction)

Final Judges: J. Allyn Rosser (Poetry);
Bret Lott (Fiction)
$500 prize for best poem & $500 prize for best short story (flash fiction), plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal). Finalists in each category will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 15, 2018

Manhattanite - Poems
by Aaron Poochigian

Winner, 2017 Able Muse Book Award
"Reading Aaron Poochigian’s Manhattanite is a dynamic, kinetic experience."—Rachel Hadas

New Jersey Noir - A Novel
by William Baer

The Jack Colt Murder Mystery Novels, Book 1
". . . a loving tribute to the Garden State by a writer who appreciates its grime as much as its glory."—Hollis Seamon

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Pearl: A New Verse Translation in Modern English By Anonymous, Translated by John Ridland August 6, 2018	Green Hill (Able Muse Book Award for Poetry) By Lorna Knowles Blake July 30, 2018	Naked for Tea - Poems By Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer July 9, 2018	The Cynic in Extremis - Poems By Jacob M. Appel June 4, 2018
Under Dark Waters: Surviving the Titanic - Poems By Anna M. Evans May 28, 2018	New Jersey Noir By William Baer February 26, 2018	Able Muse, Winter 2017 (No. 24 - print edition) Edited by Alexander Pepple December 29, 2017	Manhattanite (Able Muse Book Award for Poetry) By Aaron Poochigian November 6, 2017