‍Laura Boss Poetry Foundation
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2026
The 2026 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award Winner and Finalists

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Five finalists were also selected from the more than two hundred manuscripts submitted. Each will receive $100 awards and have been invited to read from their manuscript at The Poetry Center at PCCC in Paterson, New Jersey, on April 24, 2027. The finalists are Katherine Gekker, Time Keeps Watch; Olga Maslova, Wolf Rondo in A Minor; Cindy Milwe, The Body Center; Cat Dixon, Waiting for the Call, and Mary Makofske, Heart Lightning.