Best New Poets 2007 Selections as of 8/21/2007:

NamePoemSource
Beth BachmannNestingOpen Competition
JoAnn BalingitHistory Textbook, AmericaOpen Competition
C. BentleyFortuneOpen Competition
Erin Bertram[Mesmerist]Open Competition
Craig BlaisSister at the AirportWichita State University
Kara CanditoCarnivale, 1934Florida State University
Natalie DiazWhy I Don't MentionOpen Competition
Christina DuhigWhat Places, ThingsOpen Competition
Robin EkissVanitas MundiThe Virginia Quarterly Review
Kelly ErlandsonReliquaryOpen Competition
Elyse FentonGratitudeUniversity of Oregon
Brett FosterThe First Request of LazarusI M A G E
Liz GallagherA Poem That Thinks It Has Joined a CircusOpen Competition
Scott GlassmanDrinks Over The Medusa FossaeWeb del Sol
Benjamin GotschallBaitOpen Competition
Alex GrantThe Steps of MontmartrePoemeleon: A Journal of Poetry
K.A. HaysSerotinousBlack Warrior Review
Todd HearonIn the GardenHarvard Review
Chelsea JenningsLandingOpen Competition
Kristin KellyEndingsOpen Competition
Elizabeth KnappBetrayOpen Competition
Christi KramerBiography of AwePRACTICE: NEW WRITING + ART
Elizabeth LangemakA Brief History of SainthoodOpen Competition
Jee Leong KohBrotherLedge Magazine
Natalie LyalinFreak Inside The HeartUniversity of Massachusetts
Ed MaddenSacrificeOpen Competition
Dora MalechA ShortcutOpen Competition
Michelle McEwenBloodOpen Competition
Tyler MillsViolin ShopIndiana Review
Tomas MorinAt Klack's 1941Open Competition
Laura NewbernIn the Jewish CemeteryOpen Competition
Matt NienowSix Ways Of Looking At The MoonOpen Competition
Julie Sophia PaegleClock & EchoThe Cream City Review
Cecily ParksThe Fern SeedRiver Styx
Sarah PerrierPitch the WooOpen Competition
Catherine PierceEpithalamiumOpen Competition
Christine RheinOne of Those QuestionsMichigan Quarterly Review
Margaret RondaWalking LateThe Eleventh Muse
Jamie RossPeterbiltNorthwest Review
Donika RossCeremonyUniversity of Texas
Robert SawyerHow I Know She's Coming HomeOpen Competition
Robin Beth SchaerThe LigerThe Greensboro Review
Morgan Lucas SchuldtTriptych for Francis BaconSentence
Brandon SomAlba: The Archer YiOpen Competition
Rebecca WadlingerPet Fungus in Our Zoo Rehearsing the National RequiemUniversity of Texas
LaWanda WaltersHer ArtThe Antioch Review
Fritz WardGrief is Simple Interference: Endings OverlappingMemorious
David WelchTributeOpen Competition
Jordan WindholzPsalm XXVUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Greta WrolstadNotes on Sea and ShoreBlack Warrior Review

All selections are tentative and subject to change until the selected poets verify their eligibility for the 2007 anthology; if you are listed above, the series editor will contact you in the next few days. Some poem titles on this list may appear truncated or altered from the selection process; they will be corrected for the anthology. We also still need to select two Open Competition entrants for $200 prizes. Will have that done in a few days.