Submissions are now open for the Spring 2026 issue of Lips poetry magazine.

The Laura Boss Poetry Foundation announced today the winning manuscript and finalists for the 2025 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award. The winning poet is Terry Hall Bodine of Virginia for her manuscript Neither Are Crows. This year’s final judge was Joe Weil.

Join us at The Poetry Center in Paterson, NJ on April 26 for the publication launch of Suzanne Cleary’sThe Odds. published this month NYQ Books. Join this free event open to all with a catered reception at noon and the readings at 1 PM. Reading at the event will be Suzanne Cleary, and finalists Colleen Morton Busch, and Susan Rothbard.

A review in the Boston Globe of our 2024 Award Winner, Forget About Sleep

The Publication Celebration for the release of the winning book and readings by Miriam Levine and the five finalists is free and open to the public on March 16th in Paterson.

A reading celebrating the publication of the 2023 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award book.

A reading celebrating the publication of Man at the Railing, winner of the 2022 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award.