Alfred Nicol

Alfred Nicol, who received the 2004 Richard Wilbur Award for his first book of poems, Winter Light, also edited The Powow River Anthology, published in 2006.  His poems have been anthologized in Contemporary Poetry of New England (Robert Pack and Jay Parini, editors) and in Sonnets: 150 Contemporary Sonnets (William Baer, editor), and have appeared in Poetry, Commonweal, The New England Review, The Dark Horse, First Things and The Formalist.  His new book, Elegy for Everyone, was chosen to receive the Anita Dorn Memorial Award, and will be published in 2010.

Books

Winter Light winner of the Richard Wilbur Award
The Powow River Anthology, editor
Contemporary Poetry of New England
Elegy for Everyone - Winner of the 2007 Anita Dorn Memorial Poetry Prize to be published by Prospero’s World Press
Second Hand Second Mind- an art book of photographs by Elise Nicol with poems by Alfred Nicol

Poetry Online

The Hypertexts
“New Year” on Verse Daily
“Against Beauty” in The Flea

Honors

The Richard Wilbur Award, 2004
The Anita Dorn Memorial Prize, 2007 
The Daniel Varoujan Award, New England Poetry Club, 2006
First Prize, Newburyport Art Association Poetry Contest 2005
First Prize, Newburyport Art Association Poetry Contest 2003
Firman Houghton Award New England Poetry Club 2005
The Glascock Poetry Prize, 1976
The Academy of American Poets Prize at Dartmouth College, 1976

Other

Melopoeia CD recorded with Rhina Espaillat & classical guitarist John Tavano
Interview - Cervena Barva Press