Congratulations to Jeanne-Marie Osterman whose book Shellback, released by Paloma Press in 2021, has been named Winner of the 2025 American Legacy Book Awards for Contemporary Poetry!
Praised by Kirkus Reviews as a “[c]ourageous, insightful, and unsettling [collection] about war and family ties,” Shellback was awarded a Kirkus Star and named one of Kirkus’ Best Books of 2021. It was Americans for the Arts‘ featured book for National Poetry Month in 2023 in recognition of its author’s support for the National Initiative for Arts & Health Across the Military. Jeanne-Marie Osterman’s body of work also includes three other acclaimed books: Who Killed Marta Ugarte? (Broadstone Books), There’s a Hum (Finishing Line Press), and All Animals Want the Same Things, winner of the Slipstream Press 34th Annual Poetry Chapbook Competition. Her poems have appeared in Borderlands, New Ohio Review, Cathexis Northwest, 45th Parallel Magazine, and elsewhere. A finalist for the 2018 Joy Harjo Poetry Award and 2017 Levis Prize in Poetry, she is poetry editor for Cagibi, a journal of prose and poetry.
Don’t miss this acclaimed work that continues to resonate with readers and critics alike.
