Common Ground Review published an interview with me about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me. The review featured my poem “The Long Man,” which is included in my new book. You can read the interview here!
The first review of my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me, is up at Washington Unbound. The publication also included my book in its 2025 Winter Booklist! Read the review by Serena Agusto-Cox here!
Award-winning author Leslie Pietrzyk has published an interview with me about my new poetry collection, What Haunts Me, over at her Work-in-Progress blog, where she features a regular “TBR” feature. I’m excited to share it here!
The Fall 2025 issue of Thimble Magazine includes my poem “Brief Rhapsody on Leisure (II)” alongside poems by Mary Biddinger, Sean Thomas Dougherty, and others. This poem is actually the companion piece to “Brief Rhapsody on Leisure (I)” that was published by Bennington Review in Fall 2023.
The Autumn Equinox 2025 issue of Plant-Human Quarterly includes my poem “I waited for the bee” in addition to writings by Sean Prentiss, Maggie Dietz, and fellow Word Works author Marilyn McCabe.
The Summer 2025 issue of The Midwest Quarterly includes my poem “To the Victor Go the Spoils” alongside work from my fellow April Gloaming Publishing author Darren C. Demaree.
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If anyone knows of additional contests for already published books (or galleys), please post a comment and I will add to the list.
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Recent update in December 2024: Added the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award and Julie Suk Award. Removed the Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award and the Milton Kessler Poetry Book Award. Fixed some broken links.
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Note: advice of most of these contests is to submit book as soon as possible during submission period.
Continue reading “Contests for Already Published (Poetry) Books – Updated October 2025”
Very excited for my third appearance in South Dakota Review, which published my poem “Rib” in issue 59.1 in Fall 2024. Just got my contributor copy last week and am happy to see my work alongside that of Susan L. Leary, Michael Meyerhofer, Stella Wong, and many other fine writers.
The Brevity Blog published my craft essay “Circling the Drain: The Movement from Idea to Essay” on 25 August 2025. The piece elaborates on my craft process in an extended metaphor.
My poem “The Most Beautiful Clown in the Circus” appears in the inaugural issue of Lamp Lit. The poem was inspired by my visit to the David Bowie exhibit at Gropius Bau several years ago, where I got to see his Pierrot costume. Bowie had told the designer to make him “the most beautiful clown in the circus.” How could I pass that up for inspiration?
You can download a copy of the issue or read it for free online at this link.
Bernadette Geyer 