2019 Archive

Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 College Poetry Contest Reading

Etheridge Knight Performance Prize
Kate Brice of Assumption College
Amber John of the College of the Holy Cross (runner-up)

Elizabeth Bishop Manuscript Prize
Dani Black of Clark University
Ariele Lee of Fitchburg State University (runner-up)

The Nominees

Paula Kneeland, of Anna Maria College and Worcester, MA
Kate Brice, of Assumption College and Colchester, CT
Dani Black, of Clark University and Middleboro, MA
Amber John, of the College of Holy Cross and Austin, TX
Ariele Lee, of Fitchburg State University and Beverly, MA
Jesse Madore, of MCPHS and Salem, NH
Erica Gilman, of Worcester State University and North Brookfield, MA
Michael Clements, of WPI and Exeter, NH

Judges
Susan Roney-O’Brien
Ashley Wonder

Contest Chair
Craig Blais, Anna Maria College

Performed by Sebastian Lockwood

Sunday, October 6, 2019

Worcester Art Museum
Renaissance Court
55 Salisbury Street
Worcester, MA

Forty years ago American-poet, and Worcester-native, Elizabeth Bishop died. Bishop, an only child, was born in Worcester in 1911. Through twists and turns, she lived in Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Key West, Brazil, and San Francisco. Her early life influenced her poetry, as did her interaction with poets Marianne Moore and Robert Lowell.

We paid tribute to Bishop on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, with a reading of her work at Bedlam Book Cafe by Therese Carr. The reading started with a short open poetry reading.

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 – 7:30pm
Anna Maria College, Zecco Performing Arts Center
50 Sunset Lane, Paxton

Each year the Worcester County Poetry Association partners with a local college or university to present a poet who had a connection to poet Stanley Kunitz. This year we welcomed Patrick Donnelly as our reader at the 11th Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading on Wednesday, October 16th. The reading was hosted by Anna Maria College in Paxton and started at 7:30pm.