Judge Oliver de la Paz chose Satterfield’s manuscript Luminous Crown from the six finalists for 2026 publication. Says de la Paz: “In Jane Satterfield’s magnificent poems, the world gleams at […]
Jane Satterfield Wins the 2025 Tenth Gate Prize! Read More »
Many thanks to Jennifer Oakes for selecting Spoke by Arden Levine and All Were Limones by Luisa Caycedo-Kimura as the 2024 selections for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection. Series Editor
New titles for 2025 selected by Jennifer Oakes Read More »
Submit a full-length poetry manuscript to the Hilary Tham Capital Collection Nominations: April 30. Submission deadline for poets: May 15. A message from Series Editor Brad Richard: As editor of
Time for poet-volunteers to reap their reward! Read More »
The Word Works had another successful AWP Conference and Bookfair in Kansas City, Missouri, February 7-10, 2024, announcing new books and visiting with our the authors and friends: Leah Umansky’s
2024 AWP Conference and Bookfair – Kansas City! Read More »
Series Editor Jennifer Barber is delighted to announce that Judge Sandra Lim has selected chigger ridge by Nicole Callihan of Miami, Florida, as the winner of the 2023 Tenth Gate
Nicole Callihan Wins the 2023 Tenth Gate Prize Read More »
The Word Works is proud to announce the 2023 selections for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection: Only Believe, by Jennifer Bartell, of Columbia, SC; and Around the Gate, by M.A.
2023 Selections for the Hilary Tham Capital Collection! Read More »
Pine, Soot, Tendon, Bone by Radha Marcum is the winner of the 2023 Washington Prize. Marcum will receive the prize of $1,500 and the book will be published early in
Radha Marcum Wins The Word Works Washington Prize! Read More »
Oh yeah, we’re dizzy with excitement! It’s been three years of solitude, trying to keep up with book production during the era of You Know What, avoiding crowds, and finally,
AWP, here we come! Read More »
What a roller coaster in 2022, choosing just five books for 2023 from the tremendous submissions we received during our May reading period! But now that the selection jitters have
2023 Titles Under Way! Read More »
Lauren Camp has selected Doug Ramspeck‘s poetry collection Blur as the winner of this year’s Tenth Gate Prize. It will be released in the spring of 2022. Doug Ramspeck is
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