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The inaugural Frederick Smock Poetry Prize was awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder (PhD, 2009)<\/strong>\u00a0for her poetry collection,\u00a0We Left a Window Open to the Sea<\/em>,\u00a0selected by Kentucky Poet Laureate Emeritus Richard Taylor.\u00a0The book will come out in fall 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The inaugural Frederick Smock Poetry Prize was awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder (PhD, 2009)\u00a0for her poetry collection,\u00a0We Left a Window Open to the Sea,\u00a0selected by Kentucky Poet Laureate Emeritus Richard Taylor.\u00a0The book will come out in fall 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[83,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nEnglish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frederick Smock Poetry Prize Awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inaugural Frederick Smock Poetry Prize was awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder (PhD, 2009)\u00a0for her poetry collection,\u00a0We Left a Window Open to the Sea,\u00a0selected by Kentucky Poet Laureate Emeritus Richard Taylor.\u00a0The book will come out in fall 2026.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/english\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T22:06:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T22:06:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cheryl L Totty\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cheryl L Totty\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cheryl L Totty\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/365468c94aabed8a123e6da688a6d5c8\"},\"headline\":\"Frederick Smock Poetry Prize Awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T22:06:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T22:06:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":47,\"articleSection\":[\"Awards\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/english\\\/frederick-smock-poetry-prize-awarded-to-ellen-elder\\\/\",\"name\":\"Frederick Smock Poetry Prize Awarded to\u00a0Ellen Elder - 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