Wolfson Press

01/06/2025

At IU South Bend, our sister press has this major announcement:

Dana Jaye Cadman's wildly inventive Nova is the winner of this year’s 42 Miles Press Poetry Award! Congratulations, Dana!

01/04/2025

One of our best-selling poets, Steve Henn, has three new poems in THE GLACIER: two powerful narrative poems and one contemplative poem that tears at the heart. Steve is a poet you keep going back to, knowing you'll find the voice of a friend.

The Glacier Issue Three Winter 2024 Senior Year I told Coach I’d not be writing JV ballgame storiesfor the local paper anymore, nextI was perpetually driving home stoneda mist over the streets, all…

01/03/2025

Renee Agatep, our 2022 winner of the chapbook prize, appears with three new poems in the new issue of *The Glacier.* Surrealism is very much alive!

The Glacier Issue ThreeWinter 2024 Magritte Turns Over in His Grave He once handed Paul McCartney one of his famous green apples. On it, he wrote au revoir. This inspires what becomes the logo…

01/03/2025

Our 2023 chapbook winner placed three poems in *Poetry Magazine* (Nov 2024). Congratulations to Triin Paja, an amazing talent! Click on this link:

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12/19/2024

We were proud to have so many great manuscripts to review this year ... and now we are winding our way down toward the selection of a winner. The contest judge, Kelcey Ervick, will be making her decision very soon!

10/20/2024

If you happen to be in northeastern Ohio next month, our 2022 chapbook winner, Renée Agatep, will be sharing the stage with Jeanne Bryner!

09/14/2024

We're pleased to announce the semifinalists in our annual prose prize competition. Congratulations to the following accomplished writers whose manuscripts are in the running for the short list.

09/02/2024

This month, our sister press, 42 Miles Press, will publish Elly Bookman's prize-winning volume, LOVE SICK CENTURY, an incredible book by a young poet from Atlanta, Georgia. You can pre-order a copy here:

Description Love Sick Century2022 Winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Awardby Elly Bookmanpaperback, 86 pages2024 Reviews What’s so wonderful about this book is the gorgeous precision of its grieving. Love Sick Century works like a slow boil on a flame made out of a sublime capacity for seeing the...

08/22/2024

One of our poets, George Kalamaras, just won the Indiana Authors Award for Poetry! His prize is for this new volume from Dos Madres Press, but the book we published is just as great.

07/05/2024

Please join us in congratulating Julia B. Levine!

We're pleased to announce the winner of this year's chapbook prize, Julia B. Levine, whose collection, Lullaby for the Sixth Extinction, will be published by Wolfson Press in 2025.In her citation, contest judge Nancy Botkin writes, "The poems in this collection have a strong and assured voice; the p...

06/16/2024

We're pleased to announce the finalists for the 2024 Wolfson Poetry Chapbook Prize! Today we celebrate the strong work of the following ten poets, and we look forward to announcing Nancy Botkin's prize decision in the next week or two.

06/12/2024

Our sister press, 42 Miles Press, directed by David Dodd Lee, announces the publication of Elly Bookman's first book of poetry, 2022 winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award. The book is available for pre-order!

Description Love Sick Century2022 Winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Awardby Elly Bookmanpaperback, 86 pages2024 Reviews What’s so wonderful about this book is the gorgeous precision of its grieving. Love Sick Century works like a slow boil on a flame made out of a sublime capacity for seeing the...

06/04/2024

Here's our "long list" for this year's poetry prize! We're happy to celebrate these 21 dynamic poets who graced us with their work. Finalists will be announced soon.

04/30/2024

National Poetry Month is coming to an end, and Dan Curley wraps up his mythological limericks series with these thoughts.

04/29/2024

As we approach the finish line of National Poetry Month, Dan Curley considers final things.

04/28/2024

For National Poetry Month, Dan Curley takes up the Pygmalion myth, which feels uncomfortably modern.

04/27/2024

Today's Poetry Month limerick by Dan Curley describes the origin of the Minotaur, who was actually just the queen's mixed-species son.