Contests and awards from Greensboro Review, California State University, Yale University Press, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, and more.
Johnny and Toni break the law
Publication news from HVWG members Lisa St John, Peter Balint, Shakeema Funchess, Elisabeth Frischauf, Joni Marie Iraci, and Eileen Kelly.
Poets in the Park is back for 2025, bringing poetry and spoken word to Washington Park, with David Graham, Alyssa Michelle, Jessica Femiani, JTDAPOET, and more.
Three poems – “Hair, Black.,” “Skin,” and “Inheritance” – by poet and writer Nana T. Baffour-Awuah.
HVWG Member Anthony Berninni’s new collection of poetry, “Selected Poems,” is now available from Troy Book Makers.
Hudson Valley poet Cheryl A. Rice reviews Guy Reed’s new collection of poems, “Time Under The Overlook,” which is now available from Bushwhack Books.
Contests, awards, and prizes from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Palette Poetry, Tupelo Press, Omnidawn Publishing, and more.
Fours poems – “The Day I Got My Timing Down,” “Another Time, This Same Moon,” “Early Morning Love Song,” and “Whose Life Is It, Anyway?” – by poet and retired educator D. R. James.
Three poems – “Walt Whitman,” “Bethesda Fountain,” and “Good Again” – by Massachusetts poet Adam Sarlan.
Joseph Dunnigan visits Piermont, discovering local history at the library and learning about the village’s WWII connections, a forgotten pier, and vibrant community.
The Hudson Valley Writers Guild is now accepting submissions for our 2025 HVWG Nonfiction Contest.
