Tupelo Press

Dorset Prize Winner

The winner of the current Dorset Prize will be announced in the spring of 2010. Entries may be submitted through December 31, 2009. For guidelines see here.

First Book Award

Tupelo Press Is Pleased to Announce the Results of the 10th Annual First Book Award. The editors of Tupelo Press and the literary journal Crazyhorse have selected the manuscript The Maturation of Man by Daniel Khalastchi of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This book will be published in 2011.

We thank all the poets who sent us so much terrific work to consider, and we extend special appreciation and congratulations to this year’s Finalists.

Finalists:

Ari Banias of Brooklyn, New York: One the Whistler, One the Dog
Laurie Capps of Austin, Texas: Modern Recluse
Brett Foster of Wheaton, Illinois: The Garbage Eater
Christina Hutchins of Albany, California: World Without
Tanya Larkin of Somerville, Massachusetts: Enemy Love Song
Dawn Lonsinger of Salt Lake City, Utah: fatal light awareness
Jynne Martin of Brooklyn, New York: We Mammals in Hospitable Times
Kathy Nilsson of Cambridge, Massachusetts: Black Lemons
Addie Palin of Chicago, Illinois: The Cautery
Juliet Rodeman of Columbia, Missouri: Tropics of Petticoats
Amanda Rachelle Warren of Aiken, South Carolina: Some Grain of Absolute Among the Trembling

Snowbound Series Chapbook Award

Tupelo Press is delighted to announce the results of our 2009 Snowbound Chapbook Award. Judge Aimee Nezhukumatathil has selected If St. Augustine Were a Butcher Like My Grandfather by Brandon Som of Los Angeles, California. This chapbook will be published in the Snowbound series in 2011.

We extend our appreciation to the winner, runner-up, and finalists, and also to all of the poets who submitted so much terrific work. Thank you for your interest in and support of Tupelo Press.

Runner-up:

The Rafters of David by Kimberly Burwick of Lewiston, Idaho.

Finalists:

J. David Cummings of Menlo Park, California: Envoy
Jennifer Kwon Dobbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Song of a Mirror
Barbara Duffy of Salt Lake City, Utah: Hunger Practice
Eileen G’Sell of St. Louis, Missouri: Eventually Your Ribbon House
Susan Gubernat of Oakland, California: Analog House (A Cabinet of Curiosities)
Steven Lautermilch of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina — So Hard to Say Good-bye: The Basho Dialogues
Mary Leader of West Lafayette, Indiana: The Hammer of Red and Blue
Mary Molinary of Memphis, Tennesee: Bird Signs
Mary Molinary of Memphis, Tennesee: The Translated Saint: A Departure in 5 Acts
Mary Molinary of Memphis, Tennesee: transposition
John Surowiecki of Amston, Connecticut: Mr. Niedzwiedzki’s Pink House
Jonathan Weinert of Concord, Massachusetts: Charged Particles