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Carl Phillips: Awards and Best-of Lists

Carl Phillips has won 5 awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes (2011) for Double Shadow: Poems, with 12 shortlist or finalist places and 2 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Scattered Snows, to the NorthHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2025Scattered Snows, to the NorthLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Poetry
2025Scattered Snows, to the NorthGriffin Poetry Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · International
2024Scattered Snows, to the NorthNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2024Scattered Snows, to the NorthT. S. Eliot Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · Poetry
2024Scattered Snows, to the North: PoemsLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2023Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-2020Pulitzer Prize (Poetry) source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2021Pale Colors in a Tall FieldHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2019Wild Is the Wind: PoemsLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Poetry
2018Wild is the Wind: PoemsLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2016ReconnaissanceLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Gay Poetry
2015ReconnaissanceThe Globe and Mail Globe 100 source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Poetry
2014SilverchestLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Poetry
2014SilverchestHurston/Wright Legacy Award source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2014SilverchestGriffin Poetry Prize source (opens in a new tab)Shortlist · International
2012Double Shadow: PoemsLambda Literary Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gay Poetry
2011Double Shadow: PoemsLos Angeles Times Book Prizes source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Poetry
2011Double ShadowNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry
2009Speak LowNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Poetry

Books

  1. Scattered Snows, to the North6 sources · 2024 to 2025
  2. Double Shadow: Poems3 sources · 2011 to 2012
  3. Silverchest3 sources · 2014
  4. Reconnaissance2 sources · 2015 to 2016
  5. Wild Is the Wind: Poems2 sources · 2018 to 2019
  6. Pale Colors in a Tall Field1 source · 2021
  7. Speak Low1 source · 2009
  8. Then the War: And Selected Poems, 2007-20201 source · 2023