According to a press release, the editors at The Asheville Poetry Review have names this year’s recipients of the William Matthews Poetry Prize. “Becky Gould Gibson, from Winston-Salem, NC, was awarded first prize for her poem, ‘Heading Home,’ and will receive $1000, plus publication in the next issue of The Asheville Poetry Review (Vol. 19, Issue 22, 2012), which will be released in November, 2012.
“Second prize is awarded to Catherine Carter of Cullowhee, NC for her poem, ‘The Young.’ She will receive $250, as well as publication.
“Angela Kelly, from Spartanburg, South Carolina was the third prize recipient for her poem ‘time, and a little honey’ and she will also be published in our next issue. All three authors will be featured at a reading in Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville this summer.”
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