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The Comstock Writers' Group Editors are pleased to announce our
2009 JESSIE BRYCE NILES CHAPBOOK CONTEST WINNER as selected by Kathleen Bryce Niles, Final Judge
Lynne Martin Bowman from Greensboro, NC
W a t e r N e v e r S l e e p s
HONORABLE MENTIONS (in alphabetic order) Sally Albiso, Port Angeles, WA - Last Words Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Kalamazoo, MI - Rib Susan Jo Russell, Somerville, MA - Southern Girl Rosemary R. Royston, Blairsville, GA - Two Minutes Shy Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers, Ithaca, NY - Wild Margin
Please click here to see all the Special Merit Chapbooks for 2009!
N E X T O P E N R E A D I N G P E R I O D (No reading fee) Will be January 1 - March 15, 2010
Please note: We do not accept e-mail submissions!!! and we totally discourage simultaneous submissions.
Georgia A. Popoff is our Interim Managing Editor for 2009!
Click here: "HOW TO SUBMIT" for Open Reading Period guidelines To order samples or subscriptions, click here.

Muriel Craft Bailey Contest Winners for 2009 Maxine Kumin, Judge
FIRST PRIZE The Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award ($1,000) Jeanne Emmons from McCook Lake, SD, "Termites: The Covenant"
SECOND PRIZE: ($250) Robert Carl Williams from Pittsfield, VT, "Allegory"
THIRD PRIZE: ($100) Mary Legato Brownell from Jenkintown, PA, "Eve"
Click here for Honorable Mentions and Special Merit poets.
Visit LINKS added to regularly !! Click here for general information: Link Page. Click here for Book Reviews of all types. Comstock Review Poets: Reviews and Links to their work: CR Poets. Newest addtions are on-going! Explore our more convenient A-Z format with shorter download time!
Are you a Comstock Review poet? In our continuing efforts to publicize the poets we have featured in the last 19 years, we welcome your web and book site links. Special emphasis on poets' sites featuring poetry. Send your URL's. (Contact us here)
What kind of poetry interests us? Click on: Contest Winners which includes our previous national judges' names. To see winning poems, click on names of individual poems on that page. Also see: Winners year 2000 and before or Sample Poems (includes editors' sample poems) General Information about 2007 Contest: Click here for Rules and Judge's bio. Click here for guidelines if you need further information. Check back in this space in 2009 for up to date rules!!
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