Narrative Poetry Award-Winning Books

In 2021, the Foundation established a poetry prize for books that represent the narrative poetry form that was Laura’s chosen style.
The Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award is an annual manuscript competition. The winner will receive $5,000 and publication of their manuscript by NYQ Books.

Miriam Levine is the 2024 award winnner. She is author of five previous books of poetry and three books of prose. Her honors also include the Autumn House Poetry Prize. She is a fellow of the NEA, and grantee of the Massachusetts Artists Foundation.
Levine is Professor Emerita at Framingham State University and lives in Florida and New Hampshire.
You may find more information about her work at miriamlevine.com

In Man at the Railing, the 2022 winner of the Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award, Edwin Romond explores how "joy and loss join hands across our lifetime." Drawing upon his family experiences, his four decades in public education, and his love of music and baseball, Romond's poetry suggests the past can be a teacher as well as a source of both inspiration and anguish. Man at the Railing is the work of a seasoned poet viewing the world and his place in it with clear eyes and a beating heart.