UGA Press Calls for Submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize
The UGA Press is excited to announce that submissions for the Georgia Poetry Prize open on October 1st, 2022.
Leah Nieboer Wins the Georgia Poetry Prize
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Leah Nieboer as the winner of the2021 Georgia Poetry Prize. In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and theUniversity of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press established the Georgia Poetry Prize in2015 as a national competition that celebrates excellence in poetry. This year’s runner-up isMatthew Minicucci’s…
Jasmine Elizabeth Smith Awarded the Georgia Poetry Prize
The University of Georgia Press is pleased to announce Jasmine Elizabeth Smith as winner of the 2020 Georgia Poetry Prize. In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press established the Georgia Poetry Prize in 2015 as a national competition that celebrates excellence in poetry. The…
Call for Submissions: Georgia Poetry Prize
Attention all poets: we are currently accepting manuscripts for the Georgia Poetry Prize! In partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia State University, and the University of Georgia, the University of Georgia Press has established the Georgia Poetry Prize, a national competition that will celebrate excellence in poetry. Supported by the Bruce and…
National Poetry Month: Thaw
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, we’ve decided to post poems from our most recent anthologies. This week we are highlighting Thaw, poems by Chelsea Dingman and selected by Allison Joseph. A debut collection of gritty yet poignant poems from the National Poetry Series. Immortality Wind hollows the wheat chaff, howl of a stray hungering…
National Poetry Month: Ghost Fishing Excerpt Three
In honor of Earth day this Sunday, we’ve decided to spotlight three poems from Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology edited by Melissa Tuckey. Ghost Fishing is a gathering of poetry at the intersection of culture, social justice, and the environment. cutting greens Lucille Clifton curling them around i hold their bodies in obscene embrace thinking of…
National Poetry Month: Ghost Fishing Excerpt Two
In honor of Earth day this Sunday, we’ve decided to spotlight three poems from Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology edited by Melissa Tuckey. Ghost Fishing is a gathering of poetry at the intersection of culture, social justice, and the environment. Another Day Sara Goudarzi It is the birds I worry about when the streets become shadows…
National Poetry Month: Ghost Fishing Excerpt One
In honor of Earth day this Sunday, we’ve decided to spotlight three poems from Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology edited by Melissa Tuckey. Ghost Fishing is a gathering of poetry at the intersection of culture, social justice, and the environment. How To Disappear The Stars Lauren Camp If you let them build a book of houses,…
National Poetry Month: My American Night
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, we’ve decided to post poems from our most recent anthologies. This week we are highlighting My American Night, poems by Christopher P. Collins and selected by David Bottoms. They are brutal yet reflective poems that come to grips with the horrors of war. My America Night is the…
National Poetry Month: Begin With A Failed Body
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, we’ve decided to post poems from our most recent anthologies. This week we are highlighting Begin with a Failed Body, poems by Natalie J. Graham and selected by Kwame Dawes. They are poems that consider the body as a site for revelation. Begin with a Failed Body is…
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