The Robert Creeley Foundation celebrates the legacy of Robert Creeley and the winners of the Robert Creeley Award.
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 Helen Creeley Student Poetry Contest. Join Our Award-Winning Student Poets & Renowned Poet Thomas Lux For an Evening of Poetry Reading and Discussion on Wednesday, March 28th, at 7:30 p.m. at Acton Boxborough Regional High School
Helen Creeley Poetry Prize Winners |
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 "From 20th century American writers such as Frank O'Hara, Philip Levine and Allen Ginsberg to contemporary poets such as Bob Hicok and Nick Flynn, I am inspired by a wide variety of modern poetry. In the baker's terms, my poetry is a realist muffin doused in a syrup of abstract expressionism and served with a thin side of surrealism. My other artistic ventures include writing dream pop music with my band and creating visual art." |
 Alessandra Davy-Falconi is a senior at BU Academy, where she is an editor of its literary magazine, The Muse. Her writing is influenced by anything and everything; she writes purely to tell stories in as many ways as possible. |
Helen Creeley Poetry Prize Runners Up |
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 "I had hoped poetry would help me find something interesting to write in these personal blurbs. I guess it hasn't yet so I'll keep looking, If only to keep you interested. (most people skip these anyway)" |
 Abby Holtzman is a senior at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts. In school she is involved in debate, creative writing, playwriting, and dramaturgy. Outside, she enjoys playing piano and guitar, trying new foods, getting into philosophical arguments, eavesdropping, and reading about strangely-titled monarchs, including the infamous Ethelred the Unready. Some of her favorite poets include Maxine Kumin, Allen Ginsberg, and Sylvia Plath. |
About the Helen Creeley Poetry Prize |
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Helen Creeley is Robert Creeley's late sister. Like her brother, she was an award winning poet. The Helen Creeley Prize honors Massachusetts High School students each year. This year each of our thirty-five student poets, representing a dozen high schools, submitted three poems. A small group of those contestants were invited to read their work before our judges. A small group of finalists, selected based on their performance at the first reading, were invited to compete at a second reading. Our winners and runners up were selected from among those finalists. |
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