New Issues Poetry & Prose

POETRY PRIZE

Nina Puro of New York City won the 2017 New Issues Poetry Prize for Each Tree Could Hold a Noose or a House. Puro received $2,000 and publication by New Issues Poetry & Prose in Spring 2018. David Rivard judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry by a poet who has not published a full-length collection. The next deadline is December 30. and creative nonfiction writer Ava Chin of New York City received 2017–2018 Cullman Center Fellowships. They each received $70,000, an office in the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, and full access to the library’s physical and electronic resources from September 2017 to May 2018. The annual fellowships are given to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the New York Public Library.

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