Ken Nye's "Searching for the Spring" Released Spring 2005 December 2004 EP Featured Poet Winner   Our first interview with Ken Nye  And Another Interview Ken Nye News     distinguished Provost's Poetry Award click here for a look at the full cover (PDF file) Meet Ken Nye

Ordering "Searching for the Spring"

To order a copy or copies of Searching for the Spring , you can use my web site and pay for the book(s) using PayPal or you can simply send me a check in the regular mail.

If you want to order 1 copy and you want to use PayPal:

1.  Go to my web site www.kennyepoetry.com.

2.  Click on "Order/contact Ken."
3.  Type "1" in the quantity box.

4.  Click  on "Update" and then "Buy Now"

5..  The computer will take you to PayPal and PayPal will tell you that one copy costs $14.95.  Don't argue with it.  To convince it that the one copy is only going to cost you $8 is not possible.  You are going to have to send me via PayPal $14.95 plus $1.99 shipping.  I will send you a refund check for $6.95. (We can't reprogram the PayPal set up for just EP members.) So be aware that if you want to order one copy through PayPal you are going to have to send me via PayPal $14.95 plus shipping, and I will send you a refund check with your book.  In the the end, the book will cost $8 plus shipping.

(I hope you followed this.)

 If you want to order 1 copy and just use the regular mail, simply send me a check for $8 plus $1.99 shipping and make sure I have an address for you so I know where to send the book(s).

IMPORTANT:  WHETHER YOU USE PAYPAL OR SNAIL MAIL, BE SURE TO INDICATE AFTER YOUR NAME "EP."  IF YOU DON'T, I MAY NOT RECOGNIZE YOU AS AN EP MEMBER AND YOU MAY GET CHARGED THE FULL RETAIL PRICE.

 If you want to order more than 1 copy, follow the price and shipping schedule  on the web site.  Pay the total indicated either using PayPal or sending me a check in the mail.

(Since we are getting only 25 copies in the first run, I may not have enough copies to fill all of the orders right off the bat.  The second run of 500 copies will be delivered in mid May.  Your order will be filled by then at the latest.)

 

Announcement March 2005 

Ken won't toot his own horn but we will and it is with great pride that we announce that Ken has just received an award from the University of Southern Maine. The editor of the Southern Maine Review called Ken to tell him his poem "Stars in Her Pocket" was selected as this year's winner of the distinguished Provost's Poetry Award, given out periodically (apparently not every year) to a student or faculty member who has demonstrated unusual talent writing poetry There is a $500 gift awarded in addition to the distinction of being selected.

 

"Last fall I submitted a collection of my Maine poems for the consideration of the editorial board of the Journal. They selected "Stars in Her Pocket" for inclusion in the journal, and then, unbeknownst to me, passed my poems on to the award selection committee. I didn't even know I was being considered as a candidate for the Provost's Poetry Award. I'm thrilled." Ken Nye

In addition, Ken's poem "Monhegan Main Street at Dawn" was selected as the featured poem of the week a few weeks ago on the Monhegan Island Web Site, and the poem is to be included in an anthology of poems about Monhegan Island and Ken has been invited to participate in a poetry reading on the island in June.

 

Ken, from all of us at EP, we are proud of you and so happy you're part of our family. This is exactly what we strive for.  To share, learn, exchange ideas and grow as great writers.  Ken has become an extraordinary writer and there is more to come, we're sure.  the staff at EP