The National Poetry Series was established in 1978 to ensure the publication of five poetry books annually through participating publishers. Publication is funded by the Lannan Foundation; the late James A. Michener and Edward J. Piszek through the Copernicus Society of America; Stephen Graham; International Institute of Modern Letters; Joyce & Seward Johnson Foundation; Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Foundation; and the Tiny Tiger Foundation. This project also is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.
2005 COMPETITION WINNERS
Steve Gehrke of Columbia, Missouri,
Michelangelo’s Seizure
Chosen by T. R. Hummer, University of Illinois
Press
Nadine Meyer of Columbia, Missouri,
The Anatomy Theater
Chosen by John Koethe, HarperCollins
Patricia Smith of Tarrytown, New York,
Teahouse of the Almighty
Chosen by Edward Sanders, Coffee House Press
S. A. Stepanek of West Chicago, Illinois,
Three, Breathing
Chosen by Mary Ruefle, Wave Books
Tryfon Tolides of Farmington, Connecticut,
An Almost Pure Empty Walking
Chosen by Mary Karr, Penguin Books