The Providence Athenaeum is pleased to announce that Forrest Gander has selected John Brush as the winner of the Tenth Annual Philbrick Poetry Award. Mr. Brush’s manuscript, Chrysalis, was chosen from more than 50 applicants for the regional competition and will be published as a chapbook by the Athenaeum in the spring.
The award will be presented on Friday, May 9th at 7:00 p.m. in The Providence Athenaeum’s Reading Room. Both poets will read from their work.
Click here to read the full press release for the 2008 Philbrick Award.
Inaugural Reading: 1998 Richard Wilbur
Philbrick Judges
1999 C.D. Wright
2000 Robert Creeley
2001 Michael Harper
2002 Stanley Moss
2003 Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
2004 John Ashbery
2005 Robert Pinsky
2006 Martin Espada
2007 D.H. Melhem
Philbrick Award Recipients
1999 Marjorie Milligan Coats Field
2000 Mimi White The Singed Horizon
2001 Nehassaiu deGannes Percussion, Salt & Honey
2002 Laura Cherry What We Planted
2003 Linda Voris AntiGraphi
2004 Justin Lacour Mr. Gravity's Blue Holiday
2005 Lynn Tudor Deming Heady Rubbish
2006 James F. Connolly Last Summer
2007 Leslie McGrath Toward Anguish
A Brief History of the Philbrick Award
The Philbrick Award was established to honor Charles and Deborah Philbrick by promoting the art of poetry in New England. Professor Philbrick taught at Brown University and published several books of poetry, including New England Suite and Nobody Laughs, Nobody Cries. Deborah Philbrick contributed her talents throughout her lifetime to help charitable organizations and mentor many of Providence's aspiring young poets.
Submissions for the Eleventh Annual Philbrick Poetry Award will be accepted from July 15, 2008 to October 15, 2008 (postmark date). Guidelines for the award are posted here.
Copies of the award winning chapbooks are available at the Providence Athenaeum for $5 plus $2 shipping. Please send a check with shipping instructions to the Providence Athenaeum, or call the library with credit card information.
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