ABZ: A Poetry Magazine is continuing its poetry prize for a first book of poems.

In 2007, David Baker selected “Postcard on Parchment” by Christine Stewart-Nuñez. That book has just been published and is available from ABZ Press, your local bookstore or an online source.

According to a release on the site, original poetry manuscripts between 48-80 pages are being sought. Heather McHugh will be the judge, and ABZ will publish the winning book.

Send manuscript to: ABZ Poetry Prize, PO Box 2746, Huntington, WV 25727-2746. 

Other important parameters for the prize appear in ABZ: A Poetry Magazine, Number 3, 2008, edited by John McKernan and James Raffle. The magazine is issued yearly.

See abzpress.com for more information or to order copies.

 — By Vic Burkhammer