Dancing Room Only by Jim Reese has been chosen as a Finalist in the 2025 Paterson Poetry Prize

April 8th, 2025

The Distinguished Poetry Center in Patterson, NJ Announces:

Dancing Room Only by Jim Reese has been chosen as a Finalist in the 2025 Paterson Poetry Prize. The winners of this year’s Paterson Poetry Prize are Joan Kwon Glass for her book, Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms, and Nancy Miller Gomez for her book, Inconsolable Objects.

A reading at the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College on Saturday, April 4, 2026, to honor the winners and finalists.

09/19/25 - 09/20/25 Decorah, IA at Luther College Writers Festival
09/26/25 - 09/28/25 Spearfish, SD at South Dakota Festival of Books
10/14/25 Norfolk, NE at Norfolk Public Library
11/04/25 Norfolk, NE at Norfolk Public Library
11/10/25 Sioux Falls, SD at Augustana University
11/20/25 Lincoln, NE at Larksong Writers Place
12/04/25 Wayne, NE at Wayne State College
04/04/26 Patterson, NJ at Distinguished Poetry Center Presentation and Workshop

Speakers Bureau

New York Quarterly Books
Texas A&M University Press
Texas Book Consortium
The Selfie in Me
The Deputy and Imminent Danger

Performed by Peter Lewis

Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
The Repercussions of Crime and Punishment
by Jim Reese

Dancing Room Only by Jim Reese has been chosen as a Finalist in the 2025 Paterson Poetry Prize

April 8th, 2025

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South Dakota Humanities Council

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