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2019 Shortlists

International Shortlist

Raymond Antrobus, UK

The Perseverance

Penned in the Margins, UK
Daniel Borzutzky, USA

Lake Michigan

University of Pittsburgh Press, USA
Don Mee Choi, USA/Korea

Autobiography of Death International Winner

translated from the Korean written by
Kim Hyesoon, Korea
New Directions Publishing, USA
Ani Gjika, Albania/USA

Negative Space

translated from the original written by
Luljeta Lleshanaku, Albania
Bloodaxe Books, UK

Canadian Shortlist

Dionne Brand, Canada

The Blue Clerk

Penguin Random House Canada, Canada
Eve Joseph, Canada

Quarrels Canadian Winner

Anvil Press, Canada
Sarah Tolmie, Canada

The Art of Dying

McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada