Past judges of the BLR competitions have included Marie Howe, Rick Moody, Richard Selzer, Rafael Campo, Amy Hempel, Sherwin Nuland, Edward Hirsch, Ray Gonzalez, Abraham Verghese, Naomi Shihab Nye, Rosellen Brown, Natalie Angier, Gail Godwin, Phillip Lopate and Tony Hoagland.
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