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Lyrical Iowa anthology 2018. The Iowa Poetry Association was established in 1945, with a mission "to promote interest in and appreciation of poetry among Iowans" and "to encourage and improve the art of self-expression through verse of varied styles." [1] The IPA celebrated its 75th anniversary in October 2020 with events in Des Moines. The ...
Each year, beginning with 2003 (33.3), the magazine presents the Iowa Review Award to contest winners in fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction. Outside judges name the winners, who each receive $1,500 and are published, along with some finalists, in the magazine's December issue. [8]
Julie Suk Award – awarded for Best Poetry Book by a Literary Press, sponsored by Jacar Press; Kate Tufts Discovery Award – $10,000 awarded to a first time poet; Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award – $100,000 award for poet in mid career; Lambda Literary Award - for works which celebrate or explore LGBT themes; Lannan Literary Award for Poetry ...
The Iowa Author Awards dinner will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Des Moines Downtown, 101 E. Locust St. Tickets, which cost $200, can be purchased at the Des ...
The UI Press is the only university press in Iowa, also dedicated to the preservation of literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. Scholarly titles include reference and course books, and trade books published by the UI Press include the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, as well ...
His books include several prize winning volumes, including American Standard, which won the prestigious Drue Heinz Literature Prize, The Green Girls, winner of the Lena Wever-Miles Poetry Award, The Occasions of Paradise, winner of the Tampa Review Prize in Poetry, and Playful Song Called Beautiful Winner of the prestigious Iowa Poetry Prize.
Chauncey Swan Park, Iowa City Catholic Worker House and PorchLight Literary Arts Center were some of the 12 locations that hosted poetry readings.
He was the author of more than 20 books of poetry, including The Book of the Dead Man (Copper Canyon Press, 1994), Ardor: The Book of the Dead Man, Vol. 2 (Copper Canyon Press, 1997), Nightworks: Poems 1962–2000 (Copper Canyon Press, 2000), Mars Being Red (Copper Canyon Press, 2007), and Vertigo: The Living Dead Man Poems (Copper Canyon Press, 2011).