Poet Richard Tillinghast, this year’s final judge, chose the winner of the 2024 Guy Owen Prize awarded by Southern Poetry Review: “To Set Budding More, … read more

Poet and editor George David Clark, this year’s final judge, chose the winner of the 2023 Guy Owen Prize awarded by Southern Poetry Review: “Segue” by Mark Smith-Soto of Greensboro, … read more

Southern Poetry Review congratulates Peter O’Donovan of Seattle, Washington winner of the 2022 Guy Owen Poetry Prize for his poem, “Imprint.” O’Donovan will receive $1000 … read more

Southern Poetry Review congratulates James Pollock of Madison, Wisconsin winner of the 2021 Guy Owen Poetry Prize for his poem, “Mousetrap.” Pollock will receive $1000 … read more

Southern Poetry Review congratulates Karen Holmberg of Corvallis, Oregon winner of the 2020 Guy Owen Poetry Prize for her poem, “Weeding My Mother’s Garden.” Holmberg … read more

Southern Poetry Review congratulates Alice B. Fogel of Walpole, New Hampshire, winner of the 2019 Guy Owen Poetry Prize for her poem, “Saturn,”. Fogel will … read more

Congratulations to Micheal McFee, whose poem, “Beige Wall Teltphone, 1960,” from Southern Poetry Review 56:2 is featured in poetrydaily.org on August 11, 2019.

Congratulations to Robert Morgan, whose poem, “Window,” from SPR Issue 54:2 was reprinted in Best American Poetry 2018, ed. Dana Gioia.

Southern Poetry Review congratulates Timothy McBride of Cary, North Carolina, winner of the 2018 Guy Owen Poetry Prize for his poem, “Darkly, . . .Then Face … read more

Congratulations to Eric Pankey, whose poem, “Convalescence,” from Southern Poetry Review 55:2 will be featured in poetrydaily.org, on June 9, 2018.