Mary Newell’s Entwine Named Finalist for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Poetry

Written By Geoffrey Gatza

We are delighted to share more exciting news from BlazeVOX [books]: Mary Newell’s Entwine has been named a finalist for the 2025 Big Other Book Award for Poetry.

This recognition, presented by John Madera and the team at Big Other, highlights some of the most compelling and innovative poetry being published today. Entwine’s inclusion among this year’s finalists is a testament to Newell’s thoughtful, resonant, and intricately crafted work.

👉 Read the full announcement here:
https://bigother.com/2026/05/05/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2025-big-other-book-award-for-poetry/

We could not be more proud to see Entwine receive this honor, especially alongside such an inspiring group of poets and books. Mary Newell’s work continues to expand the possibilities of contemporary poetry, and we are thrilled to see it recognized in this way.


Our sincere thanks to Big Other and John Madera for their continued dedication to championing vital literary voices.

Stay tuned for a special video reading from Mary Newell as part of the awards celebration.

Congratulations, Mary!

—BlazeVOX [books]


Geoffrey Gatza

Bio Note: Geoffrey Gatza is the author of the poetry collections The House of Forgetting (2012), Apollo: A Conceptual Poem (2014), and A Dog Lost in the Brick City of Outlawed Trees (2018).

 

Divya Victor, in an article for poetryfoundation.org, said of Apollo: A Conceptual Poem “The diversity of these works echoes the complexities of the subject, but together they posit something specific, the heightened relationship between the interior self and the exterior world.”

 

Gatza’s poems have been published in anthologies, as well as magazines and journals including Fence, Tarpaulin Sky, The Pickled Body, Peach Mag, Tupelo Quarterly and various others. His play on Marcel Duchamp was staged in an art installation in Philadelphia and performed in NYC.

 

Gatza is an award-winning editor, publisher and poet. He is the driving force behind BlazeVOX, an independent press located in Buffalo, NY, specializing in innovative fictions and wide ranging fields of contemporary poetry. Geoffrey Gatza is lives in Kenmore, NY.

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