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Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award 2024

The 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award went to Bittering the Wound by Jacqui Germain (Kate Tufts Discovery Award) and West: A Translation by Paisley Rekdal (Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award). 10 books were finalists across 2 categories.

Winners

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

  1. Bittering the Wound by Jacqui Germainsource (opens in a new tab)

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

  1. West: A Translation by Paisley Rekdalsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Kate Tufts Discovery Award

  1. Bluest Nude by Ama Codjoesource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Short Film Starring My Beloved’s Red Bronco by K. Iversource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The Book of Redacted Paintings by Arthur Kayzakiansource (opens in a new tab)
  4. banana [ ] by Paul Hlava Ceballossource (opens in a new tab)

Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

  1. How To Communicate by John Lee Clarksource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Meltwater by Claire Wahmanholmsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahansource (opens in a new tab)

About the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Winners and finalists of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award (for a first book), both run by Claremont Graduate University. All entries come from the official CGU previous winners and finalists page. Year is the award year CGU uses; each award honors a book published the year before. The page lists finalists from 2011 onward; 2006-2010 cover winners only. Some years list fewer than four finalists. All-caps names and titles on the page are given in normal case.

Organization: Claremont Graduate University. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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