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Hey, Rochester! In addition to celebrating an early spring this April, it's National Poetry Month! BOA Editions has partnered up with Rochester public radio WXXI for a recurring program, Poetry Moments. These potent jabs of poesy will include selections from BOA authors such as Tony Leuzzi, Barton Sutter, Aracelis Girmay, Lucille Clifton, and will be broadcast daily. For a full schedule of poetic moments, check out WXXI's Poetry Moments page.

The 2nd Annual BOA Short Fiction Contest has begun! Entries will be accepted until May 31st, 2012. The winner will receive a $500 honorarium and have their book published in spring 2014 in BOA's American Reader Series. BOA Publisher Peter Conners will read all entries and select the winning short fiction collection. Complete guidelines, entry form, and contest information are available here: BOA Short Fiction Contest Good luck!

  The April 2012 issue of Gently Read Literature features two of BOA's poets, Michael Waters and Carsten Rene Nielsen. Mike Walker reviewed Nielsen's poetry collection, House Inspections, translated by David Keplinger. Walker believes Nielsen has a distinct voice and gives praise to the translation that replicates the tone and feel of the original Danish version. Walker says, "Nielsen creates sketches of place and typical actions of the day as if his words slipped off a journal's page." Gerry LaFemina reviewed Michael Water's poetry collection, Gospel Night. After re-reading Gospel Night, LaFemina says it is like "taking a poetic journey in both...

Under normal circumstances receiving a shipment of galleys is just another day at the office. But when it's the galley for The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 it becomes a cause for celebration! Join us in a toast on this milestone toward the book's Sept. 11 2012 publication. It's a great day for poetry! [caption id="attachment_1678" align="aligncenter" width="224" caption="Peter Conners and Melissa Hall toast the arrival of galleys for The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1676" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Hugh Martin. 2012 Poulin Prize Winner."][/caption] Hugh Martin is the 2012 A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize winner for his first collection of poems, The Stick Soldiers. Cornelius Eady selected this manuscript and will write a Foreword to the published collection. Martin will receive a $1,500 honorarium and book publication by BOA Editions, Ltd. in March, 2013, in the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. An annual competition, the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is open to poets who have yet to publish a full-length-book collection of poetry. This year’s runner-ups were The Reformation by...