PSNH Member Spotlight
We love seeing our members’ hard work turn into success! Congratulations to all.
Midge Goldberg’s newest collection, The Whole Gray Lake’s a Sky, has been awarded the 26th New Criterion Poetry Prize, and will be published in February 2027. More information about the prize can be found here: Midge Goldberg New Criterion Poetry Prize
Jezmina Von Thiele’s debut poetry collection, Monster More Alive, is available, published by Lambhouse. This book confronts and embodies the monstrous through Intergenerational trauma, folklore, the Roma and Sinti genocide, and cultural and artistic resilience. Roma & related groups like Sinti are an Indian diaspora more commonly known by the slur/ misnomer “Gypsy.”
Visit jezminavonthiele.com to purchase.
Haunting the Dead by Beth Ann Hooper has been named winner of the 2026 NYC Big Book Award in the category Poetry – Grief, Memory & Healing as well as Distinguished Favorite in the category Book Cover Non-fiction. Beth Ann Hooper NYC Big Book Award
Peter C. Langella has three poems forthcoming in The Cafe Review and one poem forthcoming in The Inflectionist Review.
Rodger Martin has been selected as the recipient of a 2026 Ewing Arts Award for literary arts. The award recognizes the contributions, talent, and dedication of individuals in the Monadnock Arts Community.
Tim Mayo will be reading at The Brattleboro Literary Festival on October 17 at 10:00 AM. The reading will take place at the Mitchell Giddings Gallery, 183 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301.
Josh Nicolaisen has published his poem “Golden Shovel for Sanctification” in Shenandoah. He also has a review of Twin Lead Lines by Lou Turner in the Austin Poetry Review. Golden Shovel for Sanctification; Twin Lead Lines book review
Jennie Peters’ poem, “In a State of Pining,” appeared in Portrait of New England’s July issue. She also had lines of her poems “Balance” and “The Sticker Collector” shared for monthly May and June poem contests by Berlin Poetry Society. Portrait of New England
Jessica Purdy will read from her new book “Lung Hours” co-winner of The Dryden-Vreeland Book Prize (Gunpowder Press 2026) on October 21st, 2026, 4:30 PM at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, NH. Her collection, Oneironaut, is forthcoming from White Stag Publishing in June 2027. Her poem “Abecedarian: If I Named the Flowers” won First Place in Odd Pocket Press’s Poetry Contest, June 2026. Odd Pocket Press. In addition, Jessica has had several poems nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes. Her recent publications include work in Superpresent, Red Tree Review, Sixth Finch, and Quibble Lit. More information about Jessica’s recent awards and publications can be found on her website. Jessica Purdy
Greg Reynolds has written a commentary on Ecclesiastes in Wisdom for Living in a Wacky World: The Biblical Realism of Ecclesiastes, in collaboration with Hebrew scholar Meredith M. Kline. Much of Ecclesiastes is poetry and biblical poetry is referred to throughout the book, including several poems by Reynolds. The book is due out later this fall.
Selected by poet Kirun Kapur, Carla Schwartz has won NEPC’s Samuel Washington Allen prize for her sequence of poems entitled, “Elegy Sequence for Charles Coe.” NE Poetry Club prize winners. Two of Carla’s haibun appear in MacQueen’s Quinterly: Ellipsis as Grief and
Shower Adjustments at the Castle in the Clouds. Her poem “Astronaut” has been published in Painted Pebble Magazine: Astronaut
Veronica Tucker’s new children’s poetry collection, Home Is Here: New Hampshire Nursery Rhymes, celebrates the rhythms of life in New Hampshire through the changing seasons, from mud season and maple sap to Lake Winnipesaukee, autumn leaves, and snowy winter nights. Published by Daffydowndilly Press, a division of Kelsay Books, it is Veronica’s first collection for children. Home is Here: New Hampshire Nursery Rhymes
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