THE 2022 PATERSON POETRY PRIZE WINNERS

          

The Paterson Poetry Prize Award for 2022 is shared by two poets:

Catherine Doty, Wonderama (CavanKerry Press, Ltd., Fort Lee, NJ)

Craig Morgan Teicher, Welcome to Sonnetville, New Jersey (BOA Editions, Ltd., Rochester, NY)

FINALISTS

Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Water I Won’t Touch (Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA)

Bob Hicok, Red Rover Red Rover (Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA)

Laura Kasischke, Lightning Falls in Love (Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, WA)

Linda Lerner, Taking the F Train (NYQ Books, Beacon, NY)

Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, MN)

Adrienne Su, peach state (University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA)

Jenny Qi, Focal Point (Steel Toe Books, Winston-Salem, NC)

The Paterson Poetry Prize of $2,000 is given annually by the Poetry Center to a book of poetry (48 pages or more) published in the previous year. The submission deadline for the 2023 award is February 1, 2023.