Constantine Contognis is one of two finalists for the 2024 Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize. His collection Ikaros (Word Press, 2004) won a First Prize Open Voice Poetry Award”. He co-translated Songs of the Kisaeng Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty (BOA Editions, 1997). His work's in Joining Music with Reason 34 Poets, British and American Oxford ‘04-‘09, chosen by Christopher Ricks (Waywiser P.,2011); and Pomegranate Seeds Greek-American Poetry, ed. Dean Kostos (Somersert Hall P., 2008).