Awards
Timothy Geiger
In a Field of Hallowed Be named an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Mildred K. Barya
The Animals of My Earth School named an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Kathy Nelson
The Ledger of Mistakes named an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Paige Riehl
Paige Riehl named a 2024 Outstanding Educator by the Minnesota State College and Universities Board of Trustees.
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Paradise Is Jagged nominated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for its 2024 poetry award. One of four nominees.
Karen Paul Holmes
won the 2023 Lascaux Poetry Prize for “Capturing the Scent of Rain” from No Such Thing as Distance.
Eric Nelson
Horse Not Zebra received Honorable Mention for the 2023 North Carolina Poetry Society’s Brockman-Campbell Award.
Nicole Callihan
Nicole received a 2023 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award. She is the author of This Strange Garment.
Kim Ports Parsons
The Mayapple Forest named second finalist for the 2023 Poetry Society of Virginia's North American Book Award.
Eric Nelson
Horse Not Zebra named an Honorable Mention for the 2023 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize in Poetry
Horse Not Zebra named one of the six winners of the 2023 da Vinci Eye Award for cover design.
Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
light waves named a finalist for the 2023 da Vinci Eye Award for cover design.
Robin Rosen Chang
Won a 2023 Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Heather Swan
A Kinship with Ash named one of 10 finalists for the 2022 ASLE Book Awards.
Melanie McCabe
The Night Divers named a finalist in the 2022 Library of Virginia Literary Awards.
Meghan Sterling
These Few Seeds named an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Award in Poetry.
These Few Seeds made the 2021 Eric Hoffer short list for the First Horizon Award which honors debut books.
These Few Seeds also made the 2021 Eric Hoffer short list for the da Vinci Award which honors books for their cover design.
Robin Rosen Chang
The Curator's Notes named a 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite.
Emily Franklin
The title poem of Tell Me How You Got Here received a 2021 Best of the Net nomination from Shenandoah.
Dion O'Reilly
Ghost Dogs a finalist for the Grand Prize and an honorable mention in the Poetry category for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Award.
Ghost Dogs received the 2021 The Independent Press Award in poetry.
Heather Swan
A Kinship with Ash long-listed for the 2020 Julie Suk Award.
Patricia Clark
Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars won the Honorable Mention award in the 2020 Poetry by the Sea book contest.
Kory Wells
Kory nominated for the 2020 Athena International Leadership Award in recognition of her community leadership and her poetry.
Sarah Wetzel
The Davids Inside David named a semi-finalist for the 2020 PSV North American Poetry Book Award.
Lisa Bellamy
Won a 2018 Pushcart Prize for "Wild Pansy," from The Northway.
The Northway a finalist for the 2018 Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Award.
Michael T. Young
The Infinite Doctrine of Water named to the long list of finalists for the 2018 Julie Suk Prize.
Christine Stewart-Nunez
Appointed Poet Laureate of South Dakota July 1, 2019.
Bluewords Greening received the 2018 Whirling Prize from Etchings Press.
Patricia Clark
The Canopy received the 2018 Book Award from the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Michelle Menting
Leaves Surface Like Skin named a 2017 finalist by Foreword Reviews in its annual book contest.
Lynne Knight
The Persistence of Longing a finalist for the 2016 Northern California Book Award in Poetry.
In a Field of Hallowed Be named an Honorable Mention for the 2025 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Mildred K. Barya
The Animals of My Earth School named an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Kathy Nelson
The Ledger of Mistakes named an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize.
Paige Riehl
Paige Riehl named a 2024 Outstanding Educator by the Minnesota State College and Universities Board of Trustees.
Ann Fisher-Wirth
Paradise Is Jagged nominated by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for its 2024 poetry award. One of four nominees.
Karen Paul Holmes
won the 2023 Lascaux Poetry Prize for “Capturing the Scent of Rain” from No Such Thing as Distance.
Eric Nelson
Horse Not Zebra received Honorable Mention for the 2023 North Carolina Poetry Society’s Brockman-Campbell Award.
Nicole Callihan
Nicole received a 2023 Sustainable Arts Foundation Award. She is the author of This Strange Garment.
Kim Ports Parsons
The Mayapple Forest named second finalist for the 2023 Poetry Society of Virginia's North American Book Award.
Eric Nelson
Horse Not Zebra named an Honorable Mention for the 2023 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize in Poetry
Horse Not Zebra named one of the six winners of the 2023 da Vinci Eye Award for cover design.
Kirsten Shu-ying Chen
light waves named a finalist for the 2023 da Vinci Eye Award for cover design.
Robin Rosen Chang
Won a 2023 Poetry Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
Heather Swan
A Kinship with Ash named one of 10 finalists for the 2022 ASLE Book Awards.
Melanie McCabe
The Night Divers named a finalist in the 2022 Library of Virginia Literary Awards.
Meghan Sterling
These Few Seeds named an Honorable Mention for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Award in Poetry.
These Few Seeds made the 2021 Eric Hoffer short list for the First Horizon Award which honors debut books.
These Few Seeds also made the 2021 Eric Hoffer short list for the da Vinci Award which honors books for their cover design.
Robin Rosen Chang
The Curator's Notes named a 2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite.
Emily Franklin
The title poem of Tell Me How You Got Here received a 2021 Best of the Net nomination from Shenandoah.
Dion O'Reilly
Ghost Dogs a finalist for the Grand Prize and an honorable mention in the Poetry category for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Award.
Ghost Dogs received the 2021 The Independent Press Award in poetry.
Heather Swan
A Kinship with Ash long-listed for the 2020 Julie Suk Award.
Patricia Clark
Self-Portrait with a Million Dollars won the Honorable Mention award in the 2020 Poetry by the Sea book contest.
Kory Wells
Kory nominated for the 2020 Athena International Leadership Award in recognition of her community leadership and her poetry.
Sarah Wetzel
The Davids Inside David named a semi-finalist for the 2020 PSV North American Poetry Book Award.
Lisa Bellamy
Won a 2018 Pushcart Prize for "Wild Pansy," from The Northway.
The Northway a finalist for the 2018 Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Award.
Michael T. Young
The Infinite Doctrine of Water named to the long list of finalists for the 2018 Julie Suk Prize.
Christine Stewart-Nunez
Appointed Poet Laureate of South Dakota July 1, 2019.
Bluewords Greening received the 2018 Whirling Prize from Etchings Press.
Patricia Clark
The Canopy received the 2018 Book Award from the Poetry Society of Virginia.
Michelle Menting
Leaves Surface Like Skin named a 2017 finalist by Foreword Reviews in its annual book contest.
Lynne Knight
The Persistence of Longing a finalist for the 2016 Northern California Book Award in Poetry.
