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Recent Books

Among the Living By Sally Thomas 1/8/2027	States of Grace By Anna M. Evans 12/4/2026	Daylight Losing Time By Susan McLean 11/27/2026	The Selected Poems of John Whitworth By John Whitworth 20-Nov-26
Mudman By Jane McKinley 23-Oct-26	Terminarch (Able Muse Book Award for Poetry) By Jennifer Keith 8-May-26	Able Muse, Winter 2024/2025 (No. 32 - print edition) Edited by Alexander Pepple 12-Apr-26	Great and Small By Josh Dugat 18-Jul-25
Murder in Nashville (A Deidre Mystery, Book Two) By William Baer 10-Nov-24	Jacinta (The Catholic Themes, Book Two) By William Baer July 12, 2024	Kitchen Apocrypha By Gregory Emilio 12-Apr-24	Twisted Pairs By Gabriel Spera 8-Mar-24

2026 Able Muse Book Award (for poetry manuscripts)

Final Judge: Annie Finch
$1000 prize plus publication of winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 31, 2026

2026 Able Muse Write Prize (for Poetry & Flash Fiction)

Final Judges: Catherine Tufariello (Poetry);
Tobias Carroll (Fiction)
$500 prize for the best poem, and $500 prize for the best short story (flash fiction), plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal). Finalists in each category will also be considered for publication.
Entry deadline: March 15, 2026

Terminarch - Poems
by Jennifer Keith

Winner, 2023 Able Muse Book Award
". . . Both earthy and unearthly, the poems of Terminarch streak—vividly and unforgettably—across the page."—Ned Balbo

Murder in Nashville
A Novel
by William Baer

A Deidre Mystery, Book 2
". . . William Baer brilliantly mixes all the human emotions."—Reader Views

Able Muse Book Award in Poetry (book manuscripts)

$1000 prize plus publication of the winning manuscript by Able Muse Press. Finalists will also be considered for publication.

Entry deadline: March 31, 2026

Final Judge: Annie Finch

2026 Able Muse Write Prize

Able Muse Write Prize in Poetry & Flash Fiction

$500 prize for the best poem, and $500 prize for the best short story (flash fiction), plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal).
Finalists in each category will also be considered for publication.

Entry deadline:
March 15, 2026

Final Judge (poetry):
Catherine Tufariello - Final Judge (poetry)