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Harryette Mullen Wins $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize
 Poets & Writers Inc. has announced that Harryette Mullen won a $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize. The $50,000 prize honors an American poet of exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition.
The judges described Ms. Mullen's poems as "brilliant and enigmatic, familiar and subversive. Like jewels, her poems are multifaceted and shoot off lights. Mullen uses the techniques of sound association, innuendo, and signifying, and this way makes the reader alert to the cunning of the English language."
You can read more about Harryette Mullen here, here, here and here.
Photo: Hank Lazer
Posted on April 6, 2010
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Poets & Writers Receives $2 Million Donation
 Poets & Writers has received the largest donation in its 38-year history. The Liana Foundation (established by the John and Susan Jackson Family) are donating $2 million to endow the Jackson Poetry Prize. The annual $50,000 prize, which was initiated in 2007, honors an American poet of exceptional talent who has published at least one book of recognized literary merit but has not yet received major national acclaim. The award is designed to provide what all poets need– time and the encouragement to write.
"Receiving this generous gift during such a challenging time reminds us of the importance of literature," said Elliot Figman, Executive Director of Poets & Writers.
Posted on December 17, 2008
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