Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award
The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award was established in 1994 by The Formalist, a poetry magazine founded by William Baer. The award honors the poet Howard Nemerov (1920–1991). It is an open competition for sonnets in English that draws about 3000 entries annually.[1][2] The award itself is $1000. From 1995–2004, the sonnets by the winner and by eleven finalists were published in The Formalist; following the discontinuation of The Formalist in 2004, the winning and eleven finalist poems have been published in the literary magazine Measure.[3] The creation of the award is associated with the "New Formalism" movement of late 20th Century poetry.
List of winners
The winners and final judges from 1994–2011 are posted on a webpage of The Formalist;[4] references for subsequent winners are provided in the table.
Year | Poet | Sonnet | Judge |
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2014 | Marty Steyer[5] | Caliban Is Not | R.S. Gwynn |
2013 | Gail White[6] | Tourist in India | Dick Davis |
2012 | Gail White[7] | Old Photographs | Rhina Espaillat |
2011 | Robert W. Crawford[8] | Odds Are | A. M. Juster |
2010 | Catherine Chandler[9] | Coming to Terms | A. E. Stallings |
2009 | Richard Wakefield[10] | Petrarch | David Middleton |
2008 | Stephen Scaer | Sightseers | Timothy Steele |
2007 | A. M. Juster[2] | No | Frederick Turner |
2006 | Robert W. Crawford | The Empty Chair | Andrew Hudgins |
2005 | Marion Shore | Petrarch on West 115th Street | Charles Martin |
2004 | A. E. Stallings | Hank Williams Blues | Rachel Hadas |
2003 | Rhina Espaillat | Discovery | Dana Gioia |
2002 | Marion Shore | Embarking | Wyatt Prunty |
2001 | Deborah Warren | Baggage | X. J. Kennedy |
2000 | A. M. Juster | Note from Echo | W. D. Snodgrass |
1999 | Bob McKenty | Chain Poem | Wendy Cope |
1998 | Rhina Espaillat | Contingencies | John Frederick Nims |
1997 | Madeleine Mysko | Incipient Fireworks | Donald Justice |
1996 | Timothy Murphy | The Track of the Storm | Anthony Hecht |
1995 | A. M. Juster | Moscow Zoo | Mona Van Duyn |
1994 | Sarah Birnbaum | Jo Painted | Richard Wilbur |
See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
References
- ↑ "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award". University of Evansville. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Juster, Mike (October 2008). "So you want to win a Nemerov?". 14by14 (6). Retrieved 2009-03-25. Essay by three-time Nemerov Award winner Mike Juster.
- ↑ Measure is a literary journal founded in 2005 by Paul Bone and Rob Griffith. Two issues are published each year. See "Measure Press: The Journal". Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award Winners". The Formalist. University of Evansville.
- ↑ Corbett, Maryann (January 18, 2015). "Nemerov results". Ablemuse.com. Retrieved 2015-01-18. Includes link to list of finalists.
- ↑ Chandler, Catherine (January 28, 2014). "Gail White Wins the Nemerov (Again!)". Ablemuse.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. Includes list of finalists.
- ↑ Cantor, Michael (January 29, 2013). "Gail White Wins the Nemerov". Ablemuse.com. Retrieved 2013-07-03. Includes list of finalists.
- ↑ Kreiling, Jean L. (January 27, 2012). "Bob Crawford Wins Nemerov". Ablemuse.com. Retrieved 2012-01-27. Includes list of finalists.
- ↑ Cantor, Michael (February 11, 2011). "Catherine Chandler Wins Nemerov". Ablemuse.com. Retrieved 2011-03-08. Includes list of finalists.
- ↑ "TCC Faculty Member Richard Wakefield wins Howard Nemerov Sonnet Competition" (Press release). Tacoma Community College. 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-08-02.