Previous book winners include Michael Chang, Ryan Clark, Rachel Abramowitz, Matthew Guenette, Maggie Queeney, Nicole Callihan, Zoe White, Mag Gabbert, and Jenna Goldsmith

Praise for Michael Chang’s forthcoming TOY SOLDIERS:

What a relief it is to come across Michael Chang’s electrifying TOY SOLDIERS. A book of poems that are so inspired and full of nerve and skill as to leave me breathless. These poems radiate heat, longing, and love. They are all I want to read. — MICHAEL DICKMAN

Michael Chang’s TOY SOLDIERS is a raucous party of personae and proper nouns fucking and frolicking in “a century’s worth of grime.” It's the impossibly detailed episodic dream you have when you finally sleep after one of those weeklong New York benders that leaves you feeling more alive and more dead than you’ve ever before been. Brazen and blazing, this book may just be “a perfect blur.” — ZOË HITZIG

Reminiscent of the second generation of The New York School of Poets, Chang offers the evolution of the tradition in TOY SOLDIERS. From front to back, the reader experiences a collision between the quotidian, popular culture and interpretive history. This book is a wild ride of unfiltered vistas. Buckle up! — AIREA D. MATTHEWS