Blog / August 4, 2017 Mara Adamitz Scrupe’s poetry collection entitled “& Bless” has been named semi-finalist in the CSU Poetry Center’s prestigious Open Book Poetry Competition held annually by Cleveland State University. Post navigation < Scrupe’s poem “Sunflower Encolpion” has been named 6th place winner in The 2017 Welsh International Poetry Competition; her poem was selected by judge Kathy Miles from over 500 entries submitted by writers from all over the world.Mara’s poetry collection “In the Bare Bones House of Was” has been named winner of the 2018 Brighthorse Press Prize in Poetry; her book will be released in late 2019. > You Might Also Like Mara Awarded Residency in France Addenda: after the Fall shortlisted Interview with Mara Adamitz Scrupe