2008 CPR Book Award Winner Announced
The editors are pleased to congratulate Carol Quinn, winner of the 2008 Cider Press Book Award with her manuscript, Acetylene. Ms Quinn receives a publication contract, $1000, and 25 copies of the first print run. This is her first book. Acetylene will be released February, 2010.
Winner: Acetylene, by Carol Quinn
Runners-up: Dead Sea, by Elizabeth Knapp, and The Mouths of Grazing Things, by Jennifer Quercus Boyden
Editor's Choice Honorable Mention: Snow White, When No One Was Looking, by Donna Prinzemetal
Other Finalists:
Flash Paper, by Jeanine Webb
Mystery School, by Meghan Brinson
O Body Swayed, by Berwyn Moore
Poems about Naked, by William Winfield Wright
The Beauty of Fallen and Broken Things, by Melanie Drane
The Sparrow and the Threshold, by Erin K. Lambert
The Wound Dresser, by George Young
2007 Cider Press Review Book Award Winner
ABUNDANCE, by Robin Chapman
Ms Chapman receives a publication contract, $1000, and 25 copies of the first print run. Her book will be released February, 2009. Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of World as Dictionary, Dog Angel, and Chartreuse, remarks:
"In the poems that fill Abundance, Robin Chapman combines science and beauty in perfect proportion as she explores the natural world; the scientist in her explaining while the poet and artist renders vivid each landscape she passses through. Abundance is a truly wise and luminous book." — Jesse Lee Kercheval
Robin Chapman Readings
2007 CPR Book Award Winner Robin Chapman will be reading from her newly released book, Abundance, at the following events:
- March
March 12th at 7:00 PM joining members of the Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet - John Lehman, Richard Roe and Shoshauna Shy - in a program titled "Stage Left" to celebrate the launch of John's new book titled "Acting Lessons" at Avols Bookstore in Madison. Also a featured reader March 22nd at 2:00 PM with Bruce Dethlefsen at Avols Bookstore in Madison. - April
Participant in The Prairie Fire Poetry Quartet's program "Under the Influence" on April 23rd at 7:00 PM at the Minhaus Craft Brewery sponsored by the Monroe Arts Center in Monroe. More information at monroeartscenter.com/poetry.php4 - May
Teaching a workshop May 24th-30th at The Clearing in Door County titled "Poetry Camp: Sending Poetry into the World." More information at theclearing.org
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Submission Guidelines
The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers $1000 and publication for a full-length book of poetry. Standard publishing contract and terms and conditions apply. Manuscripts must be postmarked or date-stamped between September 1 and November 30 each year.
Judge for the 2009 award is David St. John.
Manuscripts may be submitted either electronically or by mail. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in book form (individual poems may have been previously published in journals, anthologies, and chapbooks). Contest entry fee: $25.00. All entrants will receive a copy of the winning book and a one-issue subscription to Cider Press Review.
Please review our COMPLETE GUIDELINES before entering. BY SUBMITTING A MANUSCRIPT TO THE CIDER PRESS REVIEW BOOK AWARD AND REMITTING THE ENTRY FEE, THE AUTHOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
