Codhill Press Chapbook Award

 

January 1, 2008

Michael Meyerhofer of Muncie, Indiana won the 2007 Codhill Poetry Chapbook Prize for his manuscript The Clay-Shaper’s Husband. He received $500 plus 50 copies. Winner of the Liam Rector First Book Prize for his poetry collection Leaving Iowa (Briery Creek Press, 2007) and author of three previous chapbooks, his work has appeared in Ploughshares, North American Review, Verse, Margie, and elsewhere.

Congratulations as well to our finalists:
Amy Nawrocki, Hamden, Connecticut
Kent Nielsen, Grand Island, Nebraska
Michael Carmen, Yonkers, New York

And to our semifinalists:
CB Follett, Sausalito, California
Gay Baines, East Aurora, New York
Richard Amelar, Wanaque, New Jersey
Shawn Fawson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Emma Miniscalco, Washington, DC
Katherine Edgren, Dexter, Michigan
Charles Atkinson, Soquel, California
Marco Dominguez, Lubbock, Texas
Dave Seter, Petaluma, California

Thanks to all of you who entered the competition. We could not have offered the prize without your support.

The annual award is given for a 20-30 page poetry manuscript. The next deadline is November 14, 2008. Please consider resubmitting your work next year. All manuscripts are read anonymously and at least twice. For complete details, please keep an eye on our website, www.codhill.com.

Wishing you much continued success with all of your writing and publishing endeavors.

Cordially,

Pauline Uchmanowicz
Contest Coordinator

David Appelbaum
Editor/Publisher