The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Maggie Smith will be the judge for the 2025 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of eight books of poetry and prose, … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2025 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2024: Kimberly Ann Priest and her manuscript Wolves in Shells. “Wolves in Shells carries a narrative that spanned over two decades of … Continue reading Announcing the 2024 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry Winner
The Sealey Challenge is a community call to read one book of poetry a day during August. From chapbooks to full collections, the challenge encourages you to engage with diverse voices and share your reading experience online with the #SealeyChallenge … Continue reading Poetry Must-Reads During the Sealey Challenge
The University of Nebraska Press is happy to announce that Tomás Q. Morín will be the judge for the 2024 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry competition. Morín is the author of the poetry collections Machete, A Larger Country, and Patient Zero. He … Continue reading Announcing the Judge for the 2024 Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry
This week UNP will be at AWP! The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. Enjoy a sneak peek of the UNP books you can grab there. Henrietta Goodman’s … Continue reading Excerpt: Antillia
Sophie Klahr is a poet, teacher, and editor. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, American Poetry Review, Ploughshares, Poetry London, and elsewhere. Her poetry collection Two Open Doors in a Field was published by the Backwaters Press in March of 2023. Today is … Continue reading Excerpt: Two Open Doors in a Field
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2023: Julie Choffel and her manuscript Dear Wallace. “I’m thrilled that Dear Wallace won this prize and honored to work with … Continue reading Announcing the 2023 Backwaters Prize in Poetry Winner
The submission period for the Backwaters Press yearly poetry prize is now open, and ends May 1. Guidelines for the prize series can be found here. The judge for the 2023 contest is Hilda Raz. Raz is the editor of the … Continue reading The 2023 Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open
The University of Nebraska Press is proud to announce the winner of the Backwaters Press Prize in Poetry for 2022: Laura Reece Hogan of Los Angeles, California, and her manuscript Butterfly Nebula. Hogan will be awarded $2,000 for her winning … Continue reading Announcing the 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry Winner
On Saturday, June 25 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. meet local Nebraska authors including three UNP authors hosted by Chapters Books & Gifts. Suzanne Ohlmann author of Shadow Migration, Marjorie Saiser author of The Tracks the Whales Make, and Amy … Continue reading Meet Local Nebraska Authors on June 25
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