BARROW STREET
"If focus is the key to success, Barrow Street is throwing straight bullseyes." - New Pages
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Poetry Book Contest
Our 2026 contest is open, with guest judge Srikanth Reddy!
Our distinguished judge, John Murillo, has chosen Pagan Era by Phillip Schaefer as the winner of our 2025 Poetry Book Prize. This year’s Editors' Prize has been awarded to SOMEWHERE HORSES by Jasmine Khaliq and Hurt Music by Genevieve Payne.
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Prose Book Contest
We are thrilled to have published Spare by Michelle Lewis as part of our Barrow Street Prose Series.
Details about future contests coming soon!
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Barrow Street Journal
We are currently closed for submissions. We'll begin reading poetry again for our Winter 2026/27 issue in the Fall.
Or peruse our Winter 2024/25 issue, featuring work from 40 poets.
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Poems from the Journal
Read current and former contributors online.
About Us
Barrow Street Inc. is a nonprofit literary arts organization that was started in Greenwich Village, NYC in 1994 to provide community outreach and host literary events featuring emerging and established poets.