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The New Criterion accepts poetry submissions for the magazine via email only. For consideration by our poetry editor, Adam Kirsch, please send poems in the form of a PDF attachment to [email protected]. Acceptances will be communicated by email. Please do not call the editorial offices to inquire about your submission.
Submissions in any other form will not be considered. The New Criterion no longer accepts submissions by posted mail.
The submission window for the twenty-fourth New Criterion Poetry Prize is now closed. Individual poems can still be submitted for inclusion in the print magazine per the guidelines above.
The New Criterion Poetry Prize was established in 2000, for a book-length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form. Past recipients of the prize can be found below.
Previous Winners
The Nature of Things Fragile
by Peter Vertacnik
(2023–2024 winner)
Peter Vertacnik’s The Nature of Things Fragile, the winner of the twenty-third New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information.)
Some Problems with Autobiography
by Brian Brodeur
(2022–23 winner)
Brian Brodeur’s book Some Problems with Autobiography, winner of the twenty-second annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information)
In Transit
by Nicholas Pierce
(2020–21 winner)
Nicholas Pierce’s book In Transit, winner of the twenty-first annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information)
Behemoth
by Bruce Bond
(2019–20 winner)
Bruce Bond’s book Behemoth, winner of the twentieth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information)
The Cylburn Touch-Me-Nots
by Ned Balbo
(2018–19 winner)
Ned Balbo’s book The Cylburn Touch-Me-Nots, winner of the nineteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information)
Petty Theft
by Nicholas Friedman
(2017–18 winner)
Nicholas Friedman’s book Petty Theft, winner of the eighteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information)
Synæsthesium
by Moira Egan
(2016–17 winner)
Moira Egan’s book Synæsthesium, winner of the seventeenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Criterion Books. (Click here for more information.)
Night Vision
by John Foy
(2015–16 winner)
John Foy’s book Night Vision, winner of the sixteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information)
Umbilical
by Michael Spence
(2014–15 winner)
Michael Spence’s book Umbilical, winner of the fifteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information)
Fix Quiet
by John Poch
(2013–14 winner)
John Poch’s book Fix Quiet, winner of the fourteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information)
This Shadowy Place
by Dick Allen
(2012–13 winner)
Dick Allen’s book This Shadowy Place, winner of the thirteenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information)
Lord Byron’s Foot
by George Green
(2011–12 winner)
George Green’s book Lord Byron’s Foot, winner of the twelfth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information)
Janet’s Cottage
by D. H. Tracy
(2010–2011 winner)
D. H. Tracy’s book Janet’s Cottage, winner of the eleventh annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from St. Augustine’s Press. (Click here for more information.)
Into These Knots
by Ashley Anna McHugh
(2009–10 winner)
Ashley Anna McHugh’s book Into These Knots, winner of the tenth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Landscape and Journey
by William Virgil Davis
(2008–09 winner)
William Virgil Davis’s book Landscape and Journey, winner of the ninth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Taking the Occasion
by Daniel Brown
(2007–08 winner)
Daniel Brown’s book Taking the Occasion, winner of the eighth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Foiled Again
by J. Allyn Rosser
(2006–07 winner)
J. Allyn Rosser’s book Foiled Again, winner of the seventh annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
The God of this World to His Prophet
by Bill Coyle
(2005–06 winner)
Bill Coyle’s book The God of this World to His Prophet, winner of the sixth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Weighing Light
by Geoffrey Brock
(2004–05 winner)
Geoffrey Brock’s book Weighing Light, winner of the fifth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information)
Zero Meridian
by Deborah Warren
(2003–04 winner)
Deborah Warren’s book Zero Meridian, winner of the fourth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Skywriting and other poems
by Charles Tomlinson
(2002–03 winner)
Charles Tomlinson’s book Skywriting and Other Poems, winner of the third annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
The Thousand Wells
by Adam Kirsch
(2001–02 winner)
Adam Kirsch’s The Thousand Wells, winner of the second annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Early and Late: Selected poems
by Donald Petersen
(2000–01 winner)
Donald Petersen’s Early and Late: Selected Poems, winner of the first annual New Criterion Poetry Prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
