The Ashland Poetry Press is thrilled to announce that judge D.A. Powell has selected Michael Lavers’ “A Brief History of My Dictatorship” as the winner of the 2026 Richard Snyder Memorial Poetry Prize. We received nearly 500 entries this year, and every… Read More »2026 Richard Snyder Prize Winner is Michael Lavers
You know what would really tie that room together? A poetry broadside! Hey, Ashland Poetry Press publishes those! And our 2026 winners are now available Kianna Greene’s “Translate for Me”Jenna Funkhouser’s “This and This”Joshua Sauvie’s “//notice” These poems were selected by… Read More »2026 Broadsides available
Ashland Poetry Press is excited to announce the that Judge Marcelo Hernandez-Castillo has selected the winning poems for our 2026 Poetry Broadside Contest. Winner: Kianna Greene, “Translate for Me” Runners-Up: J. Sauvie, “Notice” Jenna Funkhouser, “This and This” All three of… Read More »2026 Poetry Broadside Winners Announced!
Ashland Poetry Press is thrilled to announce that the 2025 judge for our Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize is D.A. Powell. The Prize opened for submissions on January 1 and will read through the spring (deadline May 1). Please find… Read More »2026 Richard Snyder Prize Opens!
Exciting News! The 2024 Richard Snyder Prize winner, Valerie Perreault’s Neon Pastoral, has been awarded the Scotti Merrill Award for an Emerging Poet by the Key West Literary Seminars (judge: Former U.S. Poet Laureate Bill Collins). Hailing form the Keys,… Read More »Valerie Perreault wins Key West Literary Seminars Award
The Ashland Poetry Press is thrilled to announce that judge Kim Addonizio has selected K.T. Landon’s Abide as the winner of the 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Poetry Prize. The Ashland Poetry Press staff has also selected Michael Lawson’s Proof as Editor’… Read More »2025 Richard Snyder Prize Winner is K.T. Landon
Good news! We’re extending our deadline for submission to the 2025 Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize! New Deadline: May 15, 2025 $1,000 and publication for the winning manuscript2025 Judge: Kim Addonizio$27/submission — multiple submissions welcome Full guidelines and submissions at:… Read More »Extended deadline!
Ashland Poetry Press is excited to announce the that Judge Adam Gellings has selected the winning poems for our 2025 Poetry Broadside Contest. Winner: Isra Cheema, “Urdu on My Tongue, English in My Ear” Runners-Up: Brandon Lamson, “Teaching Child’s Pose” Jennifer… Read More »2025 Poetry Broadside Winners Announced!
Ashland Poetry Press is thrilled to announce that the 2025 judge for our Richard Snyder Memorial Book Prize is Kim Addonizio. The Prize opened for submissions on January 1 and will read through the spring (deadline May 1). Please find… Read More »Kim Addonizio announced as 2025 Richard Snyder Prize Judge (now reading)