July 12, 2024

2024 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award Winners


Honoring Allen Ginsberg’s contribution to American literature and his Paterson upbringing, this annual poetry competition awards the first prize of $2000, the second prize of $1000,
and the third prize of $500 for a single poem.

FIRST PRIZE

Mark Hillringhouse, Verona, NJ “Giving Away All My Books”

Colleen Michaels, Beverly, MA “Round Table”

SECOND PRIZE

Jennifer Martelli, Marblehead, MA “Auntie’s Sliced Pear”

Jason Craig Poole, South Orange, NJ “Sentence”

THIRD PRIZE

R. Bremner, Glen Ridge, NJ “I was a young child, then”

Cindy Veach, Snoqualmie, WA “Drop Leaf Table”

A reading for the award will be held Fall 2024 at The Poetry Center at PCCC.


Download a complete list of the winners, Editor’s Choice, and Honorable Mention poems and poets

Guidelines for Submissions for the 2025 Award



Maria Mazziotti Gillan's newest poetry collection is When the Stars Were Still Visible (2021). Other recent publications are the poetry and photography collection, Paterson Light and Shadowand the poetry collections What Blooms in Winter and The Girls in the Chartreuse Jackets, a pairing of her poems with her paintings.
Maria's artist website is MariaMazziottiGillan.com and her poetry website is MariaGillan.com.

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