The Joan Leiman Jacobson Poetry Prizes are presented by the BOSTON REVIEW poetry editor Timothy Donnelly. Over the decades, this contest, formerly called the "Discovery"/THE NATION Poetry Contest, has discovered such poets as Mark Strand, Marilyn Hacker, Michael Collier, Mary Jo Salter, Nick Flynn and Greg Orr. The winners of the 2008 “Discovery”/Boston Review poetry contest are: Bridgette Bates of Van Nuys, CA; Barbara Claire Freeman of Berkeley, CA; Cynthia Lowen of Provincetown, MA; and Frances Justine Post of New York City. Tickets are $18 / $10 for those under 35. For tickets and more information visit www.92Y.org/poetry or call (212) 415-5500.
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Added by Chris Hosea on March 21, 2008