Poetry Prize Judge Announcement
We are thrilled to announce this year’s Poetry Prize judge will be Rena Priest!
Rena Priest is an enrolled member of the Lhaq’temish (Lummi) Nation. She served as the 6th Washington State Poet Laureate (2021-2023) and, most recently, as a judge for the 2024 National Book Award. She is the editor of the anthology I Sing the Salmon Home, which won the 2024 Washington State Book Award. Priest’s other honors include an American Book Award, an Allied Arts Professional Poets Award, and residencies and fellowships from Hedgebrook, Storyknife, Indigenous Nations Poets, the Academy of American Poets, the Vadon Foundation, and the University of Washington Libraries. Her work appears widely online and in print. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College (2008) and lives in Bellingham, Washington. Learn more at renapriest.com The Poetry Prize will open February 15. There is a $16 submission fee, submissions will only be accepted on Submittable. See our full guidelines here.
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