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2020 Able Muse Book Award (for poetry manuscripts)

Final Judge: Brad Leithauser
$1000 prize plus publication of winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 31, 2020

2020 Able Muse Write Prize (for poetry & fiction)

Final Judges: Emily Grosholz (Poetry);
Hollis Seamon (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, 2020

The Cupped Field - Poems
by Deirdre O'Connor

Winner, 2018 Able Muse Book Award
"These are not just good poems. They are spells."—Ilya Kaminsky

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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ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD, 2020 Results

~ Able Muse Book Award ~
2020

Contest Winner Announcement

Final Judge: Brad Leithauser

Able Muse is pleased to announce the winner of the Book Award for a poetry manuscript (judged anonymously throughout by the Able Muse Contest Committee and the final judge, Brad Leithauser.)

Congratulations to the 2020
Able Muse Book Award

WINNER

Len Krisak

for his poetry manuscript
Enchiridion

he wins the $1000 prize and publication by Able Muse Press, Spring/Summer 2021

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