Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award

The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award was established in 1994 by The Formalist. The award, honoring the poet Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), was an open competition for sonnets in English that drew about 3000 entries annually. [1][2] The award was $1000, and from 1995–2004, the winning sonnet and the eleven finalists were published inFollowing the discontinuation of The Formalist in 2004, the winning sonnet and eleven finalist poems were published in the literary magazine Measure.[3] The creation of this award is associated with the "New Formalism" movement.

In the announcement of the 2017 winner and finalists, the 2017 competition was described as the "24th & final" contest. [4]

List of winners

The winners, judges, and winning sonnets from 1994–2011 are posted on a webpage of The Formalist;[5] the subsequent winners are also listed in the table below:

Past Winners
Year Poet Sonnet Judge
2017Carol Frith[6]Dying FirethornDana Gioia[7]
2016Midge Goldberg[8]Tennis Practice Against the Garage DoorRachel Hadas
2015D. R. Goodman[9]All the Dropped ThingsGail White
2014Marty Steyer[10]Caliban Is NotR.S. Gwynn
2013Gail White[11]Tourist in IndiaDick Davis
2012Gail White[12]Old PhotographsRhina Espaillat
2011Robert W. Crawford[13]Odds AreA. M. Juster
2010Catherine Chandler[14]Coming to TermsA. E. Stallings
2009Richard Wakefield[15]PetrarchDavid Middleton
2008Stephen ScaerSightseersTimothy Steele
2007A. M. Juster[2]NoFrederick Turner
2006Robert W. CrawfordThe Empty ChairAndrew Hudgins
2005Marion ShorePetrarch on West 115th StreetCharles Martin
2004A. E. StallingsHank Williams BluesRachel Hadas
2003Rhina EspaillatDiscoveryDana Gioia
2002Marion ShoreEmbarkingWyatt Prunty
2001Deborah WarrenBaggageX. J. Kennedy
2000A. M. JusterNote from EchoW. D. Snodgrass
1999Bob McKentyChain PoemWendy Cope
1998Rhina EspaillatContingenciesJohn Frederick Nims
1997Madeleine MyskoIncipient FireworksDonald Justice
1996Timothy MurphyThe Track of the StormAnthony Hecht
1995A. M. JusterMoscow ZooMona Van Duyn
1994Sarah BirnbaumJo PaintedRichard Wilbur

See also

References
  1. "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  2. Juster, Mike (October 2008). "So you want to win a Nemerov?". 14by14 (6). Retrieved 2009-03-25. Essay by three-time Nemerov Award winner Mike Juster.
  3. Measure is a literary journal founded in 2005 by Paul Bone and Rob Griffith. Two issues are published each year. See "Measure Press: The Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  4. Juster, A.M. (January 18, 2018). "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award results". Able Muse. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award Winners". The Formalist. University of Evansville. Archived from the original on 2013-05-23.
  6. Juster, A.M. (January 18, 2018). "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award results". Able Muse. Retrieved 2018-01-18. Includes list of finalists.
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-05-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. Juster, A.M. (January 1, 2017). "The 2016 Nemerov Sonnet Award". Able Muse. Retrieved 2017-01-02. Includes list of finalists.
  9. "The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award" (PDF). University of Evansville. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-07. Includes list of finalists.
  10. Corbett, Maryann (January 18, 2015). "Nemerov results". Able Muse. Retrieved 2015-01-18. Includes link to list of finalists.
  11. Chandler, Catherine (January 28, 2014). "Gail White Wins the Nemerov (Again!)". Able Muse. Retrieved 2014-01-28. Includes list of finalists.
  12. Cantor, Michael (January 29, 2013). "Gail White Wins the Nemerov". Able Muse. Retrieved 2013-07-03. Includes list of finalists.
  13. Kreiling, Jean L. (January 27, 2012). "Bob Crawford Wins Nemerov". Able Muse. Retrieved 2012-01-27. Includes list of finalists.
  14. Cantor, Michael (February 11, 2011). "Catherine Chandler Wins Nemerov". Able Muse. Retrieved 2011-03-08. Includes list of finalists.
  15. "TCC Faculty Member Richard Wakefield wins Howard Nemerov Sonnet Competition" (Press release). Tacoma Community College. 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2010-08-02.


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