Passager

11/17/2025

Congratulations to our Pushcart Prize nominees:

Jed Myers, poem, “News of the War”

Sara Winslow, memoir, “When Your Mom”

Dan Shiffman, short fiction, “’Americans All’ Week”

Patricia Bollin, poem, “Single-Item Shopping List”

Aaron Fischer, poem, “Failed Pantoum for X”

Robert Miner, poem, “The servant of the poet Po Chu-I expresses her exasperation”

11/14/2025

Join us for our Sunday Zoom launch of our poetry contest issue. 2-4 ET with 2025 Passager Poet Angie Minkin and honorable mentions. Register here:

November 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2025 Passager Poetry Contest Reading Online via Zoom Join us for an online reading and celebration featuring poets from the new issue of Passager, including contest winner Angie Minkin. A conversation with the poets to follow. Free

11/12/2025

Zoom launch Sunday to celebrate our poetry contest issue. 2025 Passager Poet Angie Minkin and honorable mentions reading. 2-4 ET. Register:

November 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2025 Passager Poetry Contest Reading Online via Zoom Join us for an online reading and celebration featuring poets from the new issue of Passager, including contest winner Angie Minkin. A conversation with the poets to follow. Free

11/10/2025

Reading period opens November 15 for our biennial Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for a poet over 70. Guidelines:

The Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for a Writer Age 70 or Older Prize: $2,000 plus publicationJudge: Alicia OstrikerReading Period: November 15, 2025 – January 15, 2026 Applicant must be a U.S. Resident. Applicant must be a living poet, age 70 or older, who has neither published, nor...

11/10/2025

Join us for the Zoom launch of our poetry contest issue. Passager Poet 2025 Angie Minkin reads along with honorable mentions. This Sunday 2:00-4:00 ET. Register here:

November 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm 2025 Passager Poetry Contest Reading Online via Zoom Join us for an online reading and celebration featuring poets from the new issue of Passager, including contest winner Angie Minkin. A conversation with the poets to follow. Free

11/04/2025

Join us for an online reading and celebration of our poetry contest issue on Sunday, November 16 at 2-4 pm ET. Meet and hear a number of the poets, including 2025 Poetry Contest Winner Angie Minkin.

Register on our website (it's free!):

https://passagerbooks.com/events/2025-passager-poetry-contest-reading/

11/02/2025

The reading period for the Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for a poet over 70 begins November 15 and goes through January 15. For guidelines go here:

The Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for a Writer Age 70 or Older Prize: $2,000 plus publicationJudge: Alicia OstrikerReading Period: November 15, 2025 – January 15, 2026 Applicant must be a U.S. Resident. Applicant must be a living poet, age 70 or older, who has neither published, nor...

10/27/2025

Passager poet David Bergman, winner of the 2025 Towson Prize for Literature for his book Plain Sight, reads this Wednesday at 6 pm at Towson University. More information here:

Esteemed author’s latest book, ‘Plain Sight,’ reflects on love, aging and grace. He will read on campus Oct. 29.

10/05/2025

Tell your story! Join us for four sessions of memoir writing in Baltimore. October 12, 19, 26 and November 2. To register and for more information:

October 12 @ 2:00 pm - November 2 @ 4:00 pm A Passager Memoir Workshop Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, United States 4 sessions to help you tell your storyLed by Passager Editor Rosanne Singer 2-4 pm Sundays Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 During this 4-week in-pe...

09/29/2025

Tell your story! Join us for a four-session in-person memoir workshop in Baltimore, October 12, 19, 26 and November 2. Registration and more information here:

October 12 @ 2:00 pm - November 2 @ 4:00 pm A Passager Memoir Workshop Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, United States 4 sessions to help you tell your story 2-4 pm Sundays Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 During this 4-week in-person course, you’ll discuss memoir...

09/26/2025

Tell your story. Join Passager for a memoir workshop series October 12, 19, 26 and November 2, 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Baltimore Hebrew Congregation. For more information and to register:

October 12 @ 2:00 pm - November 2 @ 4:00 pm A Passager Memoir Workshop Baltimore Hebrew Congregation 7401 Park Heights Ave., Baltimore, Maryland, United States 4 sessions to help you tell your story 2-4 pm Sundays Oct. 12, 19, 26 & Nov. 2 During this 4-week in-person course, you’ll discuss memoir...

07/30/2025

Morgenthau prize-winner Winifred Hughes on Grace Cavalieri's The Poet and the Poem from The Library of Congress. A beautiful segment with Winnie reading several poems from The Village of New Ghosts.