The Brockman-Campbell Book Award is one of North Carolina’s most prestigious poetry honors, recognizing outstanding book-length poetry collections by North Carolina state residents.
Claudine R. Moreau, a physics and astronomy lecturer and Historic Neighborhood Faculty Director at Elon University, has received an Honorable Mention in the 2025 Brockman-Campbell Book Award for her debut poetry collection, “Demise of Pangaea.” Published by Main Street Rag, the collection was recognized by the North Carolina Poetry Society.
This year’s judge, Martin Mitchell, who works at the Library of Congress and former editor of Poetry Daily, praised Moreau’s work:
“The scale of Claudine R. Moreau’s “Demise of Pangaea” is huge,” he said. “We range from the granular ‘keyed-in code’ of our cells, to lovemaking and childbirth, all the way to the eventual extinction of our galaxy, with its ‘spiral-armed bones’ descending towards Earth. Moreau beautifully renders humanity’s physical and emotional ‘fossil record.’ A surprising and inventive work.”
Combining scientific insight with emotional resonance, “Demise of Pangaea” explores themes of deep time, personal transformation and the layered fossil record of human experience.
The Brockman-Campbell Book Award is one of North Carolina’s most prestigious poetry honors, recognizing outstanding book-length poetry collections by North Carolina state residents.
“Demise of Pangaea” is available through Main Street Rag Publishing Company.