Rochester, N.Y., May 12th, 2026— Boa is thrilled to announce that acclaimed poet Jennifer Chang will judge the 26th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize, which will open for submissions on August 1!
Jennifer Chang’s An Authentic Life received the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Her other books include Some Say the Lark and The History of Anonymity. She has received the William Carlos Williams Award, the Library of Virginia Award in Poetry, the Levinson Prize from Poetry, and fellowships from the Elizabeth Murray Artists Residency, MacDowell, and Yaddo. She teaches at the University of Texas in Austin.
Established in 2000, the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize is awarded annually to honor a poet’s first full-length collection of poetry. The winner is selected each year by a nationally recognized poet from a competitive pool of manuscripts. Winning manuscripts are published within the A. Poulin, Jr. New Poets of America Series. Recent Poulin Prize winners have included Splashed Things by Leigh Lucas, Second Nature by Chaun Ballard, and Beforelight by Matthew Gellman. Other renowned debuts in the New Poets of America Series include Rose by Li-Young Lee, Awake by Dorianne Laux, and The Philosopher’s Club by Kim Addonizio.
Submissions for the 26th annual A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize will be accepted August 1– November 30, 2026, with the winner announced in spring 2027. Eligibility requirements and submission guidelines for the Poulin Prize are available here.
