Best New Poets

An annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. Open competition from April 10 to May 20, 2018. Tweets from series editor Jeb Livingood.

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In the realm of once-a-year (or less) Twitter posts, the Best New Poets Open Competition for 2026 is taking submissions through June 10 on Submittable at https://t.co/tYF3CwJVMZ.

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Our Best New Poets 2024 Open Competition is running now through June 1. Send in work at https://t.co/vWj2pUWDtl

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Our 50 selections for 2023's edition of Best New Poets now appear at https://t.co/nYSoEYxdVE

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Our Best New Poets Open Competition for 2023 is accepting entries through June 1. See https://t.co/vWj2pUWDtl

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We've posted our fifty selections for Best New Poets 2022 at https://t.co/ABUo1hiMJG. Special thanks to guest editor Paula Bohince. Please join us in congratulating these wonderful poets!

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A CLMP member spotlight on our little anthology. https://t.co/SbQ21L1GBV

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And while we are rediscovering social media, we should congratulate National Book Award for Poetry longlisters @ThreaWrites and @DesireeCBailey, both of whom appeared in BNP 2020.

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We have posted our 50 finalists for Best New Poets 2021 at https://t.co/nYSoEYwG66.

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We've released our final 50 for Best New Poets 2020 and notified all entrants in Submittable. The finalist names and poem titles appear at https://t.co/JpWYSYjQQq

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The Open Competition for Best New Poets 2020 is open at https://t.co/vWj2pUWDtl Deadline is May 15.

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We're behind schedule but hope to have BNP 2019 selections very soon. We have not yet notified anyone who submitted. We apologize for the delay and are working diligently to finalize our 2019 edition.

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Best New Poets is taking submissions for its Open Competition through May 15, 2019 at https://t.co/bCwbRcDCjW

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Pleased to announce our 50 finalists for 2018: https://t.co/uwNIymlbvL

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We had hoped to release 2018 results on Monday but we're a week or two behind schedule. Hang in there.

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Last Call: Open Competition deadline is tonight, May 20, 11 pm EST. https://t.co/qDK8fFQRXj

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A reminder that the deadline for Best New Poet's 2018 Open Competition is May 20, 11 pm EST. https://t.co/vWj2pUWDtl

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A reminder that our Open Competition is, well, open, with a deadline of May 20. https://t.co/tYF3CwJVMZ

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And then eight years later, you're helping to host a BNP 2010 contributor at a reading with her book, The Tulip-Flame, and chapbook, Then Winter, and new work. https://t.co/95stjTm7ZV

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Open Competition should be up and running at https://t.co/bCwbRcDCjW. We'll be contacting magazine and program nominees in the coming days with a separate nomination link.

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Hurray. Found the secret-out-of-the-way bathroom at AWP.