Final Judge Jessica Jacobs has selected Curriculum, by Meghan Dunn of Brooklyn, New York, as the winner of the 2020 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. The editors of Gunpowder Press are excited to publish this collection of timely and carefully-crafted poems. Read the judge’s response:
Drinking with O’Hara
Winner of the 2019 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize is Drinking with O’Hara, by Glenn Freeman. It’s a hard thing, not knowing, and learning about the death and despair of those who were once close, once known, becoming a “caesura /in the shortened line /a breath /in the midst of /the ongoing world.” Here, subtle formal aspects […]
The Ghosts of Lost Animals
Winner of the 2018 Spacks Prize, The Ghosts of Lost Animals is the first full-length book by Michelle Bonczek Evory.
What Breathes Us: Santa Barbara Poets Laureate 2005-2015
Includes poems and intro to each poet laureate and a forward by Santa Barbara’s mayor.
What’s Up, Gunpowder?
2020 Spacks Prize Winner: Meghan Dunn
Final Judge Jessica Jacobs has selected Curriculum, by Meghan Dunn of Brooklyn, New York, as the winner of the 2020 Barry Spacks Poetry Prize. The editors of Gunpowder Press are excited to publish this collection of timely and carefully-crafted poems. Read the judge’s response: