It is with deep appreciation and much excitement that we announce Carl Phillips as our next poetry contest judge! Phillips will select the winner, honorable mention, and finalists for our poetry contest this fall. Submissions will open on October 1, 2020.

Carl Phillips is the author of 14 books of poetry, most recently Pale Colors in a Tall Field. Since 2010, he has been the judge of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. In 2011, he was appointed to the judging panel for The Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards. His collection of poetry, Double Shadow, was a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award for poetry. Double Shadow won the 2011 Los Angeles Book Prize for Poetry.

Phillips was a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2008 to 2012, was nominated for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize for Silverchest, and was the 2013 recipient of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement. Carl is currently a professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis, and he also teaches creative writing. To learn more visit https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/carl-phillips.