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The Paul Nemser Book Prize

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Paul Nemser’s recent collection, Break on Through: New & Selected Poems is available through Lily Poetry review Books. A Thousand Curves, was published by Red Mountain Press in spring 2021, and later by Lily Poetry Review Books. His book Taurus, which won the New American Poetry Prize, was published by New American Press in 2013. His chapbook of prose poems, Tales of the Tetragrammaton, was published by Mayapple Press in 2014. In the 1970’s he co-translated two books of Ukrainian poetry. Nemser’s poems have appeared widely in magazines such as AGNI, Blackbird , Linebreak, Poetry, and TriQuarterly.
This prize is named for a master of the lyric narrative. He is published widely and we encourage you to read some of his work at your convenience.

Fees Notice: This project charges fees (or requires purchases) for all submissions. The fee is USD $25.
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Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationAwarded 1 x per year.

Poetry Open Fee-based
Dates:

Open to poetry submissions through 15 April 2025* (approx. 29 days from now). 1

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience.

Genres:
General General
Lengths:
Poetry Collection Poetry CollectionNo page limits known.
Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms, including: Lyric poetry, Narrative poetry.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary.

Topics:

Open to all/most Topics.

Winner's Prize:

Semi-pro advance (US$200-1999) + Unknown royalties Semi-pro advance. Unknown royalties. Details: USD $500.

Submissions:

Method: Submittable submission manager.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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The Paul Nemser Book Prize Submission Statistics — Free Preview!

The statistics in this section are compiled from submission reports sent to us through our submission tracker. They are not provided by the publication's editors/staff or by Duotrope's admins. Information in this section is updated a few times per day. Learn more about the statistics.
AccuracyWe have received 6 reports from 5 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.
Days Reported6 min | 49.2 mean avg | 22.0 median | 212 max days (80.3 std dev)
Pending3 responses are pending (3 min | 26.7 mean avg | 6.0 median | 71 max days waiting | 38.4 std dev) from 3 different members This only includes pending reports from users who have been active on Duotrope within the past 30 days

Other Information

The most common submission fee paid: USD $25.00.
Most recent response reported was received on 21 Apr 2024.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 15 Apr 2024.

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Dates

Last Updated: 11 Mar 2025
Last Audited: 05 Jan 2025. (We audit each active listing twice a year. Learn more at link.)
Date Added: 26 Jan 2021

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