Entry Guidelines Current Judges Winners Announced Books In Series Participating Publishers Statement of Purpose About Us NPS Sponsors Translation Prize National Poetry Series Winners Announced The National Poetry Series is pleased to announce... The Winners of the 2008 Open Competition: Anna Journey of Houston, Texas, If Birds Gather Your Hair for Nesting Chosen by Thomas Lux, to be published by University of Georgia Press Douglas Kearney of Van Nuys, California, The Black Automaton Chosen by Catherine Wagner, to be published by Fence Books Adrian Matejka of Edwardsville, Illinois, Mixology Chosen by Kevin Young, to be published by Penguin Books Kristin Naca of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bird Eating Bird Chosen by Yusef Komunyakaa for The National Poetry Series mtvU Prize, to be published by HarperCollins Publishers Sarah OÕBrien of Brookfield, Ohio, catch light Chosen by David Shapiro, to be published by Coffee House Press The National Poetry Society, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ, 08540 / (609) 430-0999