2016 Winners: Able Muse Book Award (Poetry Manuscripts)
 

I'm pleased to announce the contest winners as chosen anonymously by the final contest judge - A.E. Stallings (for poetry book manuscript)--

Congratulations to Aaron Poochigian, Lee Harlin Harlin Bahan, Maryann Corbett, and all honorable mentions - (includes more Sphereans!)

Read the complete details here.

Cheers,
...Alex

Congratulations, big guy!

Congratulations, Aaron!

Congratulations, Aaron. The poems Alex posted along with the announcement are wonderful.

Congrats, Aaron! You're on a roll!

Well done, Aaron. It appears that this year the contest was especially competitive, so more power to you. And having been chosen by Alicia Stallings must make it all the more thrilling.

Cheers,
Greg

Congratulations, Aaron, Maryann, and all of the honorable mentions! It does appear that the competition was illustrious this year.

Susan

A big congrats to Aaron! Well done.

Hearty congratulations, Aaron!

And to all the finalists and HMs.

Thank you, everyone.

I am very humbled by the prestige of the judge and by the quality of the competition (if I had known Maryann was in the running, I wouldn’t have bothered to enter).

“Manhattanite” was written during my lonely (and pretty sad) last two years in New York. I did nothing but walk around the city and mouth poetry to myself--in retrospect, it is surprising that I was not locked up. On to the next volume and to sunny California (though, to be honest, it’s foggy this morning).

Thank you for your warm congratulations.