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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	Able Muse, Summer 2018 (No. 25 - print edition) Edited by Alexander Pepple August 1, 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