Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections
Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor
Poetry Series Editor Tom Lombardo has been finding and sharing remarkable voices with Press 53 readers since January 2009. Tom actively reads journals, magazines, ezines, and anthologies in search of poets to bring to Press 53 by way of his poetry series, Tom Lombardo Poetry Selections. Tom is also the sole reader and judge for Press 53’s annual manuscript competition, the Press 53 Award for Poetry. Tom is a widely published and respected poet, and is a graduate of the MFA program at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has published two collections of his own poetry: What Bends Us Blue (WordTech, 2013) and The Name of This Game (Kattywompus Press, 2014). In 2008, Tom edited and published After Shocks: The Poetry of Recovery for Life-Shattering Events, which features 152 poems by 115 poets from fifteen countries.
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-0981635408
9 x 6 softcover, 390 pages
by Dave Nielsen
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Winner 2025 Press 53 Award for Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950413-95-9
9 × 6 softcover, 68 pages
by Shivani Mehta
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-92-8
9 × 6 softcover, 76 pages
by Kathleen McGookey
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-86-7
9 x 6 softcover, 78 pages
by Sara Ries Dziekonski
Runner-up 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Finalist, 2025 Woodrow Hall Top Shelf Award
ISBN: 978-1-950413-80-5
9 x 6 softcover, 110 pages
by Lou Ella Hickman
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-87-4
8 x 5.25 softcover, 78 pages
by Jackie Craven
Winner 2024 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Finalist 2025 USA Best Books Award
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-78-2
9 x 6 softcover, 84 pages
by Susan F. Blair
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-68-3
9 x 6 softcover, 86 pages
Winner of the 2023 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-60-7
9 x 6 softcover, 74 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-43-0
9 x 6 softcover, 72 pages
Winner of the 2022 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-42-3
9 x 6 softcover, 60 pages
Winner of the 2021 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-34-8
9 x 6 softcover, 76 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Second Finalist: 2022 Poetry Society of Virginia North American Poetry Book Award
Honorable Mention: 2022 Brockman-Campbell Book Award
ISBN: 978-1-950413-33-1
9 x 6 softcover, 82 pages
by Cathy Smith Bowers
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-24-9
8.25 x 5.5 softcover, 118 pages
Winner of the 2020 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-19-5
8.25 x 5.5 softcover, 84 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN: 978-1-950413-11-9
9 x 6 softcover, 84 pages
Winner of the 2019 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-950413-03-4
9 x 6 softcover, 84 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-74-5
9 x 6 softcover, 68 pages
Writers’ League of Texas Book Award Finalist
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-86-8
9 x 6 softcover, 82 pages
Winner of the 2018 Press 53 Award for Poetry
Winner of the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-75-2
9 x 6 softcover, 88 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-51-6
8 x 5.25 softcover, 66 pages
Winner of the 2017 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-52-3
9 x 6 softcover, 78 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-33-2
9 X 6 softcover, 82 pages
Winner of the 2015 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
Winner First Annual Poetry Society of Virginia Book Award
Winner 2016 National Indie Excellence Award for Poetry
A Shelf Unbound Notable 100
Winner 2016 San Francisco Book Festival Award for Poetry
Winner 2016 Royal Dragonfly Award for Poetry
ISBN 978-1-941209-16-5
8 x 5.25 softcover, 114 pages
Winner of the 2016 Press 53 Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-35-6
8 x 5.25 softcover, 88 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-28-8
9 x 6 softcover, 90 pages
by Lou Ella Hickman
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-25-7
8 x 5.25 softcover, 110 pages
Winner of the SIBA Book Award for Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-94-0
9 x 6 softcover, 342 pages
Eric Hoffer Award for Poetry (Honorable Mention)
DaVinci Award for Book Design (Finalist)
Montaigne Award (Finalist)
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1941209127
9 x 6 softcover, 90 pages
Winner 2014 AJN Book of the Year Award
Texas Institute of Letters First Book Award for Poetry Finalist
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-88-9
9 x 6 softcover, 140 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-64-3
9 x 6 softcover, 104 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-90-2
9 x 6 softcover, 92 pages
Winner of the International Book Award for Poetry
Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-55-1
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 86 pages
Winner of the 2012 Devil's Kitchen Reading Award in Poetry
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-39-1
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 80 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-66-7
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 90 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-20-9
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 142 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-0-9825760-7-6
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 88 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-02-5
8 x 5.25 softcover, 176 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-78-0
9 x 6 softcover, 90 pages
Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-54-4
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 80 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-941209-10-3
8 x 5.25 softcover, 80 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-37-7
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 80 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-23-0
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 92 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-1-935708-12-4
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 84 pages
A Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection
ISBN 978-0-9824416-6-4
8.5 x 5.5 softcover, 80 Pages