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2025 Longlist

John Burnside

Ruin, Blossom

Cape Poetry
Aaron Coleman

The Great Zoo

translated from the Spanish written by
Nicolás Guillén
University of Chicago Press/Phoenix Poets Series
Brian Henry

Kiss the Eyes of Peace

translated from the Slovenian written by
Tomaž Šalamun
Milkweed Editions
Jessica Laser

The Goner School

University of Iowa Press
Karen Leeder

Psyche Running

translated from the German written by
Durs Grünbein
Seagull Books
Oksana Maksymchuk

Still City

University of Pittsburgh Press
Carl Phillips

Scattered Snows, to the North

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Diane Seuss

Modern Poetry

Graywolf Press
Dale Martin Smith

The Size of Paradise

knife | fork | book
Jeffrey Yang

Sidetracks

translated from the Chinese written by
Bei Dao
New Directions Publishing

2024 Longlist

Amelia M. Glaser, USA and Yuliya Ilchuk, Ukraine

A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails Shortlisted

translated from the Ukrainian written by
Halyna Kruk, Ukraine
Arrowsmith Press, USA
Jorie Graham, USA

To 2040 Shortlisted

Copper Canyon Press, USA
Ishion Hutchinson, Jamaica

School of Instructions Shortlisted

Faber & Faber, UK
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA
Ann Lauterbach, USA

Door Shortlisted

Penguin Books USA, USA
Ben Lerner, USA

The Lights

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA
Granta Poetry, UK
George McWhirter, Canada/Northern Ireland

Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence Winner

translated from the Spanish written by
Homero Aridjis, Mexico
New Directions Publishing, USA
Emilie Moorhouse, Canada

Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems of Joyce Mansour

translated from the French written by
Joyce Mansour, France
City Lights Publishers, USA
Fred Moten, USA

perennial fashion presence falling

Wave Books, USA
Mira Rosenthal, USA

To the Letter

translated from the Polish written by
Tomasz Różycki, Poland
Archipelago Books, USA
Cole Swensen, USA

And And And

Shearsman Books, UK

2023 Longlist

Manolis Aligizakis, Canada

Tasos Livaditis – Poems, Volume II

translated from the Greek written by
Tasos Livaditis, Greece
Libros Libertad, Canada
Joshua Bennett, USA

The Study of Human Life

Penguin Books USA, USA
Robyn Creswell, USA

The Threshold Shortlisted

translated from the Arabic written by
Iman Mersal, Egypt/Canada
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA
Sarah Holland-Batt, Australia

The Jaguar

University of Queensland Press, Australia
Ada Limón, USA

The Hurting Kind Shortlisted

Little, Brown Book Group/Corsair, UK
Susan Musgrave, Canada

Exculpatory Lilies Shortlisted

McClelland & Stewart, Canada
Sharon Olds, USA

Balladz

Alfred A. Knopf, USA
Roger Reeves, USA

Best Barbarian Winner

W. W. Norton & Company, USA
Warsan Shire, Somali/UK

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Penguin Random House Canada, Canada
Ocean Vuong, Vietnam/USA

Time Is a Mother Shortlisted

Cape Poetry, UK
Penguin Press, USA