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AWARDS & PRIZES

PEER AWARDS (VOTED BEST OF EACH ISSUE)
  • Each contributor (past and present) can nominate 2 poems from the current issue as the "best of the issue" (it's easy, just pick your two favorites). If you have a poem in the current issue and are using one of your votes for yourself, please nominate one additional poem (for a total of 3).
  • Votes are tallied at the end of the month and the poem with the most votes is announced the first week of the following month.
  • The author of the winning poem will be awarded $25 and the poem will be indicated as having won a Peer Award.
  • The top three poems from each issue will be added to a list of finalists for the Oboh Prize. This means, that even if your poem is not chosen for a Peer Award, there is still a possibility that it could win the year-end prize. By the end of the year, there should be 18 finalists total, not including possible ties.
PEER AWARD WINNERS

Winning poems are listed here. The two runners up for each issue are included in the full listing of contenders for the Oboh Prize (see bottom of the page).

2008 Issue 14   "While Scratching My Wife’s Back, I Calculate the Distance Between Sky and Earth" by Matthew Olzmann
  Issue 13   "Five Dreams of Home" by Joe Wilkins
  Issue 12   "Lot's Daughters" by Rachel Bunting
2007 Issue 11   "All They Didn't Take" by Ruth Doan
  Issue 10   "Virginitiphobia" by Patrick Ryan Frank
  Issue 9   "Hive" by Sarah Sloat
  Issue 8   "Undertow" by Pris Campbell
  Issue 7   "Naked" by Lenore Wilson
  Issue 6   "Adam and Eve in Florida" by Ann Wood Fuller



OBOH PRIZE (POEM OF THE YEAR)

At the end of the year, the list of finalists and Peer Award winners will be handed off to a respected external judge who will choose the top three poems of the year. The judge will read and make his/her decisions through a blind reading -- all personal information will be withheld. After coming to his/her decisions, the judge will notify the staff of Boxcar Poetry Review who in turn will contact the winning poets and arrange for the prize moneys to be sent to them.

     1st Place - $500
     2nd Place - $250
     3rd Place - $100

So, if you do the math, you'll see that we are still giving away $1000 -- but following this format, we can reward more poets and give each contributor a voice in this process.

I'm excited about this format because I feel that empowers poets, artists, and reviewers and allows them to reward and recognize the work they admire.

2008 OBOH CONTENDERS


2007 OBOH WINNERS

Final Judge: Rebecca Seiferle


2007 OBOH CONTENDERS


PUSHCART NOMINATIONS

2007

BEST OF THE NET ANTHOLOGY APPEARANCES

2007

2006






Boxcar Poetry Review - ISSN 1931-1761