Red Wheelbarrow National Edition: Magazine, Launch, and Prize Information
Celebrate with us the publication of the Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine's latest issue.
Optimal Viewing Instructions
To best experience this digital magazine:
- Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Go to View > Page Display
- Select "Two Page View"
- Select "Show Cover Page in Two Page View
2024 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize winners!
1st Prize: John Blair of San Marcos, Texas, won the 2024 Poetry Prize for “Pink Anemone.” He received $1,000 and publication in Red Wheelbarrow, and Greenhouse Review Press produced a letterpress broadside of his poem. Kim Addonizio judged. The annual award is given for a single poem.
2nd Prize: “Driving the Prison Bus is a Calling,” G.R. Kramer, Alexandria, VA
3rd Prize: “Mother’s Rural Kansas Childhood, 1910s,” Jane Bridges, Ann Arbor, MI
Download 2024 Prize Press Release—includes finalists and semifinalists.
Ninth Annual Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize
Download PDF Information Flyer, 2025 Poetry Prize
- Submission Deadline: July 31st, 2025, 11:59 PM, Pacific Daylight Time
- Submit at Submittable.com
- Final Judge: Stephen Kuusisto
- Co-sponsors: Poetry Center San José & Red Wheelbarrow
2025 Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize Guidelines and Details
Three prizes: $1,000, $500, $250
- Letterpress broadside of winning poem: Gary Young, Greenhouse Review Press
- Winners & Finalists published in Red Wheelbarrow
- Finalists announced September 15th, winners announced October 1st
Publication-launch and prize celebration:
- Date and lcoation to be determined
Submission Guidelines:
- Submit up to three original unpublished poems at Submittable.com
- One $15 submission fee good for all three poems; upload all poems in one file, please.
- Each poem must fit onto one 8.5 x 11 page.
- Yes, simultaneous submissions accepted.
- No author name on text or in file name.
About Stephen Kuusisto:
Stephen Kuusisto holds a “University Professorship” at Syracuse where he teaches across multiple disciplines and serves as the Director of the Burton Blatt Institute’s interdisciplinary programs. He’s the author of the memoirs Planet of the Blind (a “New York Times Notable Book”) and Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and Listening as well as Have Dog, Will Travel: A Poet’s Journey. His previous collections of poems include Only Bread, Only Light, Letters to Borges, and Old Horse, What is to Be Done? His latest book, Close Escapes will be published by Copper Canyon Press in the spring of 2025.
Red Wheelbarrow 2023
About the Prize and Launch Event
Brought to you by Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry Center San Jose, Works/San Jose, and the Well-RED Reading Series, this hybrid event celebrates the power of words and art. Don't miss the chance to connect with fellow art and literature enthusiasts and discover the exceptional works of featured artists and poets.
Featured Contributors
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- View the gallery and learn more about Works/San Jose art and peformance center at their Facebook page
- Follow the PCSJ Facebook event page for updates
We look forward to celebrating this special occasion with you. For any inquiries, contact us by email.
Celebrate the Winners & Finalists of the Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize 2023!
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the prestigious Red Wheelbarrow Poetry Prize. This year's final judge, the esteemed poet Ellen Bass, has selected three outstanding winners and five finalists. Check out the press release here.
Red Wheelbarrow 2022:
2022 Red Wheelbarrow National Edition
To best view this file, open it in Acrobat and then from drop-down VIEW menu (in “PAGE DISPLAY”) select “Two Page View.” Left pages should be even numbered. If they’re not, then from drop-down VIEW menu again (in “PAGE DISPLAY)” you need to also select "Show Cover Page in Two Page View."Brought to You By Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry Center San José, Works/San José, and the
Well-RED Reading Series
Two ways to attend this hybrid event:
- Attend in person and we hope you will!
- Refreshments served, broadsides and books available
- Eventbrite (free) tickets for in-person admission
- Works/San José Art and Performance Center
38 South Second Street, downtown San Jose, off of E. Santa Clara Street - Facebook new gallery/venue
- Zoom
- Zoom registration to attend remotely
- Facebook PCSJ event page
December 13, 2022 Launch Event Flyer
2022 Poetry Prize Press Release
Red Wheelbarrow Prize: Guidelines, 2022
Submissions open through July 31st
Red Wheelbarrow Facebook Page
Editor: Ken Weisner, weisnerken@deanza.edu
http://www.deanza.edu/faculty/weisnerken