CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AWARDED WRITERS!
Prize Winner: Clare Kramer
Honorable Mention: Eddie Hickerson
Honorable Mention: Preeti Tanwani
Runners Up: Logan Funderburg, Kel Proctor
Honorable Mention: Eddie Hickerson
Honorable Mention: Preeti Tanwani
Runners Up: Logan Funderburg, Kel Proctor
And with thanks to our 2023/34 Judge: Julie Marie Wade
ANNETTE ALLEN POETRY CELEBRATION 2023
at the 50th Annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture
Prize Winner: Mary Elizabeth PopeHonorable Mention: Rachael Magruder
Honorable Mention: Jennifer Lavery
Annette Allen Poetry Prize Judge 2022/23
Maureen Morehead, 2011-12 KY Poet Laurette, served as judge for the 2022/23 inaugural run of the Annette Allen Poetry Prize. Morehead is the author of several collections of poetry, including The Red Gate (2018), The Melancholy Teacher (2010), and A Sense of Time Left (2003).
Maureen Morehead
2022/23 Prize Committee
Flora K.Schildknecht (current doctoral student) - Chair
Lynda Mercer (alum) - Communications
Diana Wilder (current doctoral student) - Treasurer
Robert Eric Shoemaker (Poetry Foundation Digital Archive Editor, alum) - Advisor
Brandon Harwood (alum) - Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society Liaison
The Annette Allen Poetry Prize is made possible through generous donations from alumni of the Humanities PhD Program at the University of Louisville and friends of Annette Allen.
