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 The American Poetry Journal

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  • The American Poetry Journal congratulates Allan Peterson living in Florida for winning the 2008 American Poet Prize with his poem “Precautions.” Mr. Peterson will receive a prize of $500 and the winning poem will appear in the next issue of The American Poetry Journal, No. 9.

  • APJ #8 (V5,I1) is now available!  The issue is in our new expanded format, perfect bound, and features: poetry by Bruce Cohen, Rebecca Aronson, Marilyn Annucci, Kathleen Lynch, Rob Carney, Mil Norman-Risch, Belinda Subraman, Jennifer Sullivan, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Tom Holmes, Nicole Walker, Lisa Markowitz, Jason Bredle, Brent Calderwood, Philip Memmer, Elisabeth Murawski, Judy Kronenfeld, Keith Montesano, Kyle McCord, Ronda Broatch, Judith Skillman, James Doyle, Doug Sutton-Ramspeck, Daniel Bowman Jr., Caki Wilkinson, Nancy Burke, Olivia Clare, Jacqueline Marcus, Adam Vines, Alba Cruz-Hacker, Sarah J. Sloat, Michael Ogletree, Hannah Craig, Mitchell Metz, T. Zachary Cotler, Cindy Beebe, Mary Moore, Karen An-hwei Lee, Lesley Jenike, Susan Meyers, John Minczeski, Andrew Demcak, Nick Courtright, C.J. Sage, Steven D. Schroeder; Reviews by Amanda Auchter on Human Dark with Sugar by Brenda Shaughnessy, Brent Caulderwood on Field Folly Snow By Cecily Parks, Virginia Konchan on NOMINA by Karen Volkmann, Carol Peters on The Wave-Maker by Elizabeth Spires, Phebe Davidson on National Anthem by Kevin Prufer, Nancy A. Henry on Letters of Transit by Theodore Worozbyt, Jeannine Hall Gailey on Wayfare by Pattiann Rogers; Cover art by Paul Schulenburg

  • APJ Volume 4, Issue 1 is now available.  The issue features works by Naveed Alam, Lea Banks, Nicolas A. Destino, Patricia Fargnoli, Lola Haskins, Melissa Holm, Jennifer Juneau, Dorianne Laux, Jeffrey Levine, Anne Power, Doug Ramspeck, C. J. Sage, Natasha Sajé, Sarah J. Sloat, Alexandra van de Kamp, and Adam Edison Watkins

  • Congratulations to Theodore Worozbyt, his second book, Letters of Transit, won the Juniper Prize in 2007 and will be published in 2008. His book is due out in early 2008, from the University of Massachusetts Press.

  • Congratulations to Matthew Guenette, the winner of the APJ Book Prize for his manuscript, Sudden Anthem. 

  • All previous issue and future issues are now indexed by the INDEX OF AMERICAN PERIODICAL VERSE ( Lanham , MD : Scarecrow Press).

  • APJ Volume 3, Issue 2 is now out and available! The issue features art by Stephen Moody and poetry by Juda Bennett, Sarah Blackman, Kim Bridgford, Jehanne Dubrow, DGB Featherkile, Rodney Gomez,
    Christina Lovin, Judy Kronenfeld, Bob McHeffey, Corey Mesler, Robert Moyer, Matthew Olzmann, Robert Parham, Susan Richmond, Jay Rubin, C. J. Sage, Robert Simon, John Thomas, and Eliot Khalil Wilson.

  • The American Poetry Journal congratulates Sarah Blackman living in Alabama for winning the 2006 American Poet Prize with her poem “Digitalis.” Ms. Blackman will receive a prize of $300 and the winning poem will appear in the next issue of The American Poetry Journal, Volume 3, Issue 2.

  • APJ Volume 3, Issue 1 is now out and available! The issue features art by Nancy Christy-Moore and poetry by Stuart Bartow, Ronda Broatch, Debra Bruce, Jacob Burd, Linda Hillman Chayes, Heather Dobbins, M. Frost, Kelle Groom, Gayle Ellen Harvey, Joseph Heithaus, Anne McGrath Hochberg, Tom C. Hunley, Sari Krosinsky, Greg McBride, D.O. Moore, Brianna Noll, Rebecca Patrascu, F. D. Reeve, Lauren Rusk, Steven D. Schroeder, Lori Sudeck, Sara Talpos, Susan Varnot, Joseph Voth, Grace Wilentz.

  • The first American Poetry Journal Book Prize goes to Theodore Worozbyt for his full length book manuscript, The Dauber Wings. His book will be published sometime in early 2007.

  • Verse Daily ran four poems from APJv2I2!  Congrats to C.J. Sage's "The Dark Pelican", Cassie Sparkman's "Cupid and the Party Dress", Theodore Worozbyt's "When I Was Gone to Summer", and Nicole Cuddeback's "Holy Spirit."

  • The fourth issue of The American Poetry Journal featuring: poems by Jackie Bartley, Kristin Berger, Gaylord Brewer, Garrett J. Brown, Edward Byrne, Dane Cervine, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Paul Gibbons, Anne McGrath Hochberg, Tom Holmes, Rhett Iseman, John P. Kristofco, Daniel J. Langton, S.D. Lishan, Dawn Lonsinger, Joanne Lowery, M. B. McLatchey, M.K. Meder, C. J. Sage, Theodore Worozbyt, this year's American Poet Prize winner, Nicole Cuddeback, and a book review by Lois Roma-Deeley

  • The American Poetry Journal congratulates Nicole Cuddeback living in Firenze, Italy for winning the 2005 American Poet Prize with her poem “Holy Spirit.” Ms. Cuddeback will receive a prize of $300 and the winning poem will appear in the next issue of The American Poetry Journal, Volume 2, Issue 2.

  • APJ announces The American Poetry Journal book prize deadline is February 28, 2006!
  • FOUR poems from APJv2i1 were featured on Verse Daily!  Margot Schilpp's "Enter, Fall"; Lynne Knight's "Vermont Barn"; Kelli Russell Agodon's "Love Song to My Neighborhoods"; and  Mary Christine Delea's   "How to Talk to Your Yard as If It’s Your Lover."
  • The third American Poet Prize deadline is June 30, 2006.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 What people are saying about APJ:

APJ #8:

"I'm thoroughly enjoying APJ #8, especially the poems Jennifer Sullivan, Phil Memmer, and Susan Meyers. Great job on this issue."

— Scott Owens

APJ v2i2:

"I just received the latest issue of APJ and I had to write to you! This issue is wonderful again. I’m so used to seeing mediocre poetry wrapped in a glitzy package and sold as great, but your magazine is the real
deal. APJ has restored my faith in poetry magazines. I believe again! Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!"

— Richard Johnson

APJ v2i1:

"Another fine issue. The opening poem is a real find. I am happy to see some familiar names and their contributions. As always, every time I read APJ, I am struck with an urge to go write a million poems... Thank you for making APJ worth every penny and more every time out of the gate."

— Justin Evans

APJ v1i2:

"I just finished Issue Two, and have to tell you how impressed I am.  ... this is wonderful, cover to cover. Some poets I already follow avidly, and some wonderful new (to me) introductions. Very well done indeed.

The bit on the website about sevenlings, and the introduction to Roddy Lumsden, are also much appreciated.

Thank you, thank you, thank you"

— Jennifer Thorton

APJ v1i1:

“The twenty-nine poems (by sixteen writers) benefit from careful lay-out. The book contains little in the way of the short-line lyrics that generally fill independent literary magazines.…And nature and mythology are subjects referred to by more than one poem in the issue. To APJ’s credit, there is little pretension in the treatments of these subjects.
— Literary Magazine Review, Vol. 22, No. 3