Believer Poetry Award Explained
The Believer Poetry Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to poetry collections the magazine's editors thought were "the finest, and the most deserving of greater recognition" of the year.[1] The inaugural award was in 2011 for books published in 2010.
Winners and shortlist
The year below denotes when the books were published; the award is announced the following year. Thus below, the inaugural 2010 books were announced in early to mid-2011.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger
2010
The shortlist was announced in March 2011.[1] The winner was announced in May 2011.[2]
2011
The shortlist was announced in March 2012.[3] The winner was announced in May 2012.[4]
- Heather Christle, The Trees The Trees
- Alan Gilbert, Late in the Antenna Fields
- Laura Kasischke, Space, in Chains
- Jim Moore, Invisible Strings
- Kathleen Ossip, The Cold War
2012
The shortlist was announced in March 2013.[5] The winner was announced in May 2013.[6]
- Samuel Amadon, The Hartford Book
- James Arthur, Charms Against Lightning
- Emily Pettit, Goat in the Snow
- Gregory Sherl, The Oregon Trail is the Oregon Trail
- Sun Yung Shin, Rough, and Savage
2013
The shortlist was announced in March 2014.[7] The winner was announced in May 2014.[8]
2014
The shortlist was announced in April 2015.[9]
- Jericho Brown, The New Testament
- CAConrad, ECODEVIANCE: (Soma)tics for the Future Wilderness
- Annelyse Gelman, Everyone I Love Is a Stranger to Someone
- Judy Halebsky, Tree Line
- Benjamin Landry, Particle and Wave
2017
The winner was announced in June 2018.
- Aditi Machado, Some Beheadings
2018
The longlist was announced in January 2019.[10] The shortlist and winner was announced in April 2019.[11]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Believer Poetry Award. 1 March 2011. The Believer. 11 May 2015.
- Web site: The Believer Poetry Award The Inaugural—Hereby Presented To Romey's Order by Atsuro Riley. 1 May 2011. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: The Believer Poetry Award. 1 March 2012. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: The Believer Poetry Award The Second Annual—Hereby Presented To The Trees The Trees. 1 May 2012. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: March/April 2013 The Believer Poetry Award Editors' Shortlist. 1 March 2013. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: The Believer Poetry Award The Third Annual—Hereby Presented To The Hartford Book by Samuel Amadon. 1 May 2013. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: March/April 2014 The Believer Poetry Award. 1 March 2014. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: Announcing the 2013 Believer Book and Poetry Award Winners. 1 May 2014. The Believer. 12 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140502002832/http://logger.believermag.com/post/84333559896/announcing-the-2013-believer-book-and-poetry-award. 2 May 2014. dead.
- Web site: Spring 2015 The Believer Poetry Award Editors' Shortlist. The Believer. 12 May 2015.
- Web site: The Believer Book Awards: Editors' Longlists. The Believer. en-USarchive-url=. July 18, 2019.
- Web site: The 2018 Believer Book Awards. The Believer. en-USarchive-url=. July 18, 2019.