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ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD, 2022 Results


Able Muse Book Award, 2022 Winners
~ Able Muse Book Award ~
2022

Contest Winner Announcement

Final Judge: Rachel Hadas

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, Rachel Hadas.)

Congratulations to the 2022
Able Muse Book Award

 

WINNER
Amy Glynn
Amy Glynn

for her poetry manuscript
Romance Language

she wins the $1000 prize and publication by Able Muse Press, Spring/Summer 2022

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RUNNER-UP:

Gabriel Spera: Twisted Pairs


FINALISTS:

Josh Dugat: Skull Muscle
David Livewell: A Vase in Lockdown

Congratulations to our runner-up and finalists above,  from our anonymous judging process!--

Some of them will also be offered a standard Able Muse Press book contract.

 

HONORABLE MENTION:

Renee Emerson: The Work of Breathing
Ceridwen Hall: Acoustic Shadows
Kathryne Lim: Dream of Being
Eric Meub: Watch Repair
Hilary Sallick: Raptor
Jennifer Judge Yonkoski: Here’s What I Mean

Congratulations to our winner, finalists, and honorable mentions: well done to all! And thank you to everyone who entered.


 

Stay tuned for the announcements coming soon for the 2023 Able Muse contests.

Able Muse Review - (Print Version)
Subscribe now to Able Muse to read the fine work of the winners of our other contests, the 2022 Write Prize for poetry and fiction, in the forthcoming Winter 2022/23 issue.


 

2021 Able Muse Book Award WINNER
Kelly Rowe, Rise above the River (selected by Mark Jarman)

Rise above the River - poems by Kelly Rowe


2020 Able Muse Book Award WINNER
Len Krisak (selected by Brad Leithauser)
Say What You Will - poems by Len Krisak

Say What You Will - winner, 2020 Able Muse Book Award) - poems by Len Krisak
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

 



2019 Able Muse Book Award WINNER
Will Cordeiro (selected by David Mason)
Trap Street - poems by Will Cordeiro

Trap Street - winner, 2019 Able Muse Book Award) - poems by Will Cordeiro
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!


The Cupped Field - Poems by Deirdre O'ConnorThe Cupped Field - poems by Deirdre O'Connor
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Green Hill - Poems by Lorna Knowles BlakeGreen Hill - poems by Lorna Knowles Blake
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Manhattanite - Poems by Aaron PoochigianManhattanite - poems by Aaron Poochigian
(with an foreword by A. E. Stallings)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

The Borrowed World - Poems by Emily LeithauserThe Borrowed World - poems by Emily Leithauser
(with an foreword by Michael Palma)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Walking in on People - Poems by Melissa BalmainCause for Concern - poems by Carrie Shipers
(with an foreword by Jehanne Dubrow)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Walking in on People - Poems by Melissa BalmainWalking in on People - poems by Melissa Balmain
(with an foreword by David Yezzi)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Virtue, Big as Sin - Poems by Frank OsenVirtue, Big as Sin - poems by Frank Osen
(with an afterword by Timothy Steele)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!

Dirge for an Imaginary World - Poems by Matthew Buckley SmithDirge for an Imaginary World (winner, 2011 Able Muse Book Award) - poems by Matthew Buckley Smith
(with an foreword by Greg Williamson)
 . . . read more | Order your copy now!



• (2021 Winner Announcement here)
• (2020 Winner Announcement here)

• (2019 Winner Announcement here)
• (2018 Winner Announcement here)
• (2017 Winner Announcement here)
• (2016 Winner Announcement here)

• (2015 Winner Announcement here)
• (2014 Winner Announcement here)

• (2013 Winner Announcement here)
• (2012 Winner Announcement here)
• (2011 Winner Announcement here)


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