The Environs Prize celebrates current environmental writing that
highlights the vulnerabilities of our world and our identity as we relate to the places
we inhabit or the places we come from.
This year’s poetry contest was judged by Dr. Craig Santos Perez.
The Environs Prize celebrates current environmental writing that
highlights the vulnerabilities of our world and our identity as we relate to the places
we inhabit or the places we come from.
This year’s poetry contest was judged by Dr. Craig Santos Perez.
Second Place Finalist:
Melissa McKinstry
“For My Boy in the Garden with Variants of Uncertain Significance”
Congratulations to our winner and finalists! In addition to having their work published here, Issue 10.2 of The Maine Review will feature an interview with winner, Nathan Erwin. Our winner and finalists will also be feature readers for our virtual Environs Reading and Open Mic scheduled for Tuesday, October 1st! (Event details will be coming soon!)
Environs 2024 Shortlist
Thank you to our 2024 guest judge, Dr. Craig Santos Perez!
Dr. Perez is a poet, scholar, editor, publisher, essayist, critic, book reviewer, artist, environmentalist, and political activist. His poetry has received multiple awards, including the 2023 National Book Award, a 2015 American Book Award, and the 2011 PEN Center USA Literary Award for Poetry. Dr. Perez is also the author of two spoken word poetry albums, Undercurrent (2011) and Crosscurrent (2017), and five books of poetry, including from unincorporated territory [hacha] (2008), from unincorporated territory [guma’] (2014), and Habitat Threshold (2020). His work has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, French, German, and Spanish.
Special thanks to the Maine Humanities Council for their support in making this prize possible!
