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Discovery/The Nation '06 Prizewinners

By Grace Schulman

This article appeared in the May 22, 2006 edition of The Nation.

May 4, 2006

The Nation announces the winners of Discovery/The Nation '06, the Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prize. Now in its thirty-second year, it is an annual contest for poets whose work has not been published previously in book form. The new winners are Nicky Beer, Eric Leigh, Shara Lessley and Sandy Tseng. This year's judges are James Richardson, Laurie Sheck and Elizabeth Spires. As in the past, manuscripts are judged anonymously. Distinguished former winners of Discovery/The Nation include Michael Collier, Susan Mitchell, Katha Pollitt, Mary Jo Salter, Sherod Santos, Arthur Smith, Ann Townsend and Philip Schultz. This year's Discovery/The Nation event, featuring readings by the four winners, is scheduled for 8:15 pm on Monday, May 8, at The Unterberg Poetry Center, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue (92nd Street and Lexington Avenue) in New York City.    --Grace Schulman, poetry editor


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About Grace Schulman

Grace Schulman is The Nation's former poetry editor.

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