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2019 Able Muse Book Award (for poetry manuscripts)

Final Judge: David Mason
$1000 prize plus publication of winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 31, 2019

2019 Able Muse Write Prize (for poetry & fiction)

Final Judges: Erica Dawson (Poetry);
Jacob M. Appel (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, 2019

Green Hill - Poems
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ABLE MUSE BOOK AWARD, 2019 Results

~ Able Muse Book Award ~
2019

Contest Winner Announcement

Final Judge: David Mason

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, David Mason.)

Congratulations to the 2019
Able Muse Book Award

WINNER

William Cordeiro

for his poetry manuscript
Trap Street

he wins the $1000 prize and publication by Able Muse Press, Spring/Summer 2020

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