The Sphere is well-represented among The Chimaera's nominations for upcoming Internet poetry awards:

Best of the Net (work published on the Web between July 2007 and June 2008)

Alison Brackenbury, 'In the Gap'
Catherine Chandler, 'Writ'
Rose Poto, 'The Petition'
Peter Richards, 'An Adolescent Contemplates Leaving'
Michael W. Thomas, 'Never a Bone Between Them'
Gail White, 'After She Died'

Pushcart (work published in print or online during 2008)

Catherine Chandler, 'Writ'
Stephen Edgar, 'Time Out'
Stephen Edgar, 'Out of the Picture'
George Good, 'The Exchange'
Rose Poto, 'The Petition'
John Whitworth, 'Four O'Clock'

Congratulations to these nominees, and to all our poets who contributed the high-quality work we have been proud to publish.

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