Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award

The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award was established in 1994 by The Formalist. The award, honoring the poet Howard Nemerov (1920–1991), was an open competition for sonnets in English that drew about 3000 entries annually. [1][2] The award was $1000, and from 1995–2004, the winning sonnet and the eleven finalists were published inFollowing the discontinuation of The Formalist in 2004, the winning sonnet and eleven finalist poems were published in the literary magazine Measure.[3] The creation of this award is associated with the "New Formalism" movement.

In the announcement of the 2017 winner and finalists, the 2017 competition was described as the "24th & final" contest. [4]

  1. ^ "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  2. ^ Juster, Mike (October 2008). "So you want to win a Nemerov?". 14by14 (6). Retrieved 2009-03-25. Essay by three-time Nemerov Award winner Mike Juster.
  3. ^ Measure is a literary journal founded in 2005 by Paul Bone and Rob Griffith. Two issues are published each year. See "Measure Press: The Journal". Archived from the original on 2014-04-04. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  4. ^ Juster, A.M. (January 18, 2018). "Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award results". Able Muse. Retrieved 2018-01-18.