Prairie Poetry Friends’ Prize
I just received word from Marc duPlan (the editor at Prairie Poetry) that my poem Adrift won the 1st place Prairie Poetry Friends’ Prize ($350) and also a Prairie Poetry Peer Award.
I think this marks the first time I’ve been paid for publication 🙂 Prior to this, it has been my artwork that has brought in money.
January 18th, 2005 at 7:48 pm
Congratulation! of all my poet sons, you are indeed the best.
Love
Dad
January 22nd, 2005 at 6:38 pm
hi neil, i found yr blog via roger’s. just wanted to say i enjoyed reading “adrift.” very meditative and lovely, adept handling of language. thanks for sharing peace, barbara
January 24th, 2005 at 1:53 am
That was indeed a lovely poem, with many beautifully constructed images. Where can I read more of your poetry?
January 24th, 2005 at 7:19 am
Barbara & Gilbert
Thanks for your comments! A little praise first thing in the morning does wonders 🙂
I appreciate the feedback and have really enjoyed reading your posts on Roger’s site. I’m glad Roger put together his blog on Asian-American poetry — it has almost inspired me to do one for Asian-Canadian poetry and/or Hapa/Mixed/Eurasian poetry.
Gilbert – if you’d like to read more of my work, I have some posted on my website: Neil Aitken: Poetry & Art
Most of my work though is sitting offline while it is out circulating the world trying to get published. As more things get published (I have a few pending) I will add them to the site. If you’d like to see some more recent unpublished work, let me know.
April 12th, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Congratulations! Have fun on your shopping spree. Great poem.