Norman Minnick
Poetry Participant, ’06We Rode the Rhythms as One: On the Poetry of Etheridge Knight, edited by Norman Minnick, will be published in March by the University of Michigan Press. More info here.
Alumni News - 2026 QTR 1 Poetry News
Sarah Beth Jefferis
Poetry Participant, '01Sarah Jefferis’ Lucky to Have You, a collection of narrative lyric poems that meditate on romantic loss and love, was published in May 2026 by Finishing Line Press. More info here.
Jeremy Cantor
Poetry Participant, '18Jeremy Cantor’s second volume of poetry, Remodeling the Zen Master’s Kitchen, was published by Kelsay Books in 2025. More info here.
Matthew Murrey
Poetry Participant, '95Matthew Murrey’s second poetry collection, Little Joy, was published January 20, 2026, by Cornerstone Press (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His first collection, Bulletproof, selected by Marilyn Nelson for the Jacar Press full-length competition, was published in 2019. More info here.