Poets and Writers

Tupelo Press

- BERKSHIRE PRIZE

Iliana Rocha of Edmond, Oklahoma, won the 2019 Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry for The Many Deaths of Inocencio Rodriguez. She received $3,000 and publicatio­n of her book by Tupelo Press. Oliver de la Paz judged. The annual award is given for a first or second poetry collection. The next deadline is April 30, 2020.

DORSET PRIZE

Lisa Hiton of Deerfield, Illinois, won the 2019 Dorset Prize for Afterfeast. She received $3,000, a weeklong residency at Massachuse­tts Museum of Contempora­ry Art valued at $1,500, and publicatio­n of her book by Tupelo Press. Mary Jo Bang judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.

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SNOWBOUND CHAPBOOK AWARD

Tyler Mills of Santa Fe, New Mexico, won the 2019 Snowbound Chapbook Award for The City Scattered. She received $1,000 and publicatio­n of her chapbook by Tupelo Press. Cole Swensen judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is February 28, 2020.

SUNKEN GARDEN POETRY PRIZE

Kristin George Bagdanov of Sacramento, California, won the 2019 Sunken Garden Poetry Prize for Diurne. She received $1,000 and publicatio­n of her chapbook by Tupelo Press. She was also invited to give a reading at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival in Farmington, Connecticu­t, in July. Timothy Donnelly judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is October 31. Tupelo Press, P.O. Box 1767, North Adams, MA 01247. Jeffrey Levine, Publisher.

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