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

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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

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The shortlist was announced in March 2011.[1] The winner was announced in May 2011.[2]

2011

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The shortlist was announced in March 2012.[3] The winner was announced in May 2012.[4]

2012

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The shortlist was announced in March 2013.[5] The winner was announced in May 2013.[6]

2013

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The shortlist was announced in March 2014.[7] The winner was announced in May 2014.[8]

2014

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The shortlist was announced in April 2015.[9]

2017

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The winner was announced in June 2018.[9]

  • Aditi Machado, Some Beheadings

2018

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The longlist was announced in January 2019.[10] The shortlist and winner was announced in April 2019.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Believer Poetry Award". The Believer. 1 March 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ "The Believer Poetry Award The Inaugural—Hereby Presented To Romey's Order by Atsuro Riley". The Believer. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. ^ "The Believer Poetry Award". The Believer. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  4. ^ "The Believer Poetry Award The Second Annual—Hereby Presented To The Trees The Trees". The Believer. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  5. ^ "March/April 2013 The Believer Poetry Award Editors' Shortlist". The Believer. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  6. ^ "The Believer Poetry Award The Third Annual—Hereby Presented To The Hartford Book by Samuel Amadon". The Believer. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  7. ^ "March/April 2014 The Believer Poetry Award". The Believer. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Announcing the 2013 Believer Book and Poetry Award Winners". The Believer. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Spring 2015 The Believer Poetry Award Editors' Shortlist". The Believer. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  10. ^ "The Believer Book Awards: Editors' Longlists". The Believer. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
  11. ^ "The 2018 Believer Book Awards". The Believer. Retrieved July 18, 2019.