We are pleased to announce that Gary Young has won the 2017 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor's Choice Award for his manuscript That's What I Thought. Persea will publish the collection in Fall 2018.
The Lexi Rudnitsky/Editor's Choice Award is an annual collaboration between Persea Books and The Lexi Rudnitsky Poetry Project. It is open to any poet who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. The winner receives an advance of $1,000.00, publication of his/her collection by Persea, and a stipend of $1,000 for expenses related to the promotion of the collection (e.g. travel to and from readings).
