Audre Lorde Award

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The Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by Publishing Triangle to honour works of lesbian poetry. First presented in 2001, the award was named in memory of American poet Audre Lorde.

Recipients[edit]

Award winners and finalists[1]
Year Author Title Publisher Result Ref.
2001 Marilyn Hacker Squares and Courtyards W. W. Norton Winner
Elena Georgiou Mercy Mercy Me Painted Leaf Press Finalist
Nancy Boutilier On the Eighth Day Adam Slept Alone Black Sparrow Press Finalist
2002 Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Mr. Bluebird Painted Leaf Press Winner
Eileen Myles Skies Black Sparrow Press Finalist
Letta Neely Here Wildheart Press Finalist
2003 Melanie Braverman Red Perugia Press Winner
Eloise Klein Healy Passing Red Hen Press Finalist
Martha Serpas Côte Blanche New Issues Finalist
2004 Daphne Gottlieb Final Girl Soft Skull Press Winner
Marilyn Hacker Desesperanto W. W. Norton Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt The Dirt She Ate University of Pittsburgh Press Finalist
2005 Maureen Seaton Venus Examines Her Breast Carnegie Mellon University Press Winner
Adrienne Rich The School Among the Ruins W. W. Norton Finalist
Lee Ann Roripaugh Year of the Snake Southern Illinois University Press Finalist
2006 Jane Miller A Palace of Pearls Copper Canyon Press Winner [2]
Djuna Barnes; edited by Philip Herring and Osias Stutman Collected Poems with Notes Toward the Memoirs University of Wisconsin Press Finalist
June Jordan Directed by Desire Copper Canyon Press Finalist
2007 Jennifer Rose Hometown for an Hour Ohio University Press Winner [3]
Kate Lynn Hibbard Sleeping Upside Down Silverfish Review Press Finalist
Robin Becker The Domain of Perfect Affection University of Pittsburgh Press Finalist
2008 Joan Larkin My Body Hanging Loose Press Winner [4]
Eileen Myles Sorry, Tree Wave Books Finalist
Jennifer Perrine The Body Is No Machine New Issues Finalist
2009 Elizabeth Bradfield Interpretive Work Red Hen Press Winner [5]
Elaine Sexton Causeway New Issues Finalist
Maureen McLane Same Life Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist
2010 Stacie Cassarino Zero at the Bone New Issues Poetry & Prose Winner
Kristin Naca Bird Eating Bird HarperPerennial/HarperCollins Finalist
Lee Ann Roripaugh On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year Southern Illinois University Press Finalist
2011 Jen Currin The Inquisition Yours Coach House Books Winner [6]
Eleanor Lerman The Sensual World Re-emerges Sarabande Books Finalist
Elizabeth J. Colen Money for Sunsets Steel Toe Books Finalist
2012 Minnie Bruce Pratt Inside the Money Machine Carolina Wren Press Winner
Christina Hutchins The Stranger Dissolves Sixteen Rivers Press Finalist
Rae Gouirand Open Winter Bellday Books Finalist
Susan Hawthorne Cow Spinifex Press Finalist
2013 Rachel Rose Song and Spectacle Harbour Publishing Winner [7]
Davida Singer Port of Call Plain View Press Finalist
Marty McConnell Wine for a Shotgun EM Press Finalist
Susan Sherman The Light That Puts an End to Dreams Wings Press Finalist
2014 Angie Estes Enchantée Oberlin College Press Winner [8][9]
Hailey Leithauser Swoop Graywolf Press Finalist [10]
Kamilah Aisha Moon She Has a Name Four Way Books Finalist [10]
Stacey Waite Butch Geography Tupelo Press Finalist [10]
2015 Meg Day Last Psalm at Sea Level Barrow Street Press Winner [11]
Beverly Burch How a Mirage Works Sixteen Rivers Press Finalist
Ellen Bass Like a Beggar Copper Canyon Press Finalist
Robin Becker Tiger Heron University of Pittsburgh Press Finalist
2016 Jennifer Perrine No Confession, No Mass University of Nebraska Press Winner [12]
Dawn Lundy Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life Nightboat Books Finalist
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Bodymap Mawenzi House/TSAR Finalist
Nickole Brown Fanny Says BOA Editions Finalist
2017 Francine J. Harris play dead Alice James Books Winner [13][14]
Donika Kelly Bestiary Graywolf Press Finalist
Juliet Patterson Threnody Nightboat Books Finalist
Pat Parker, edited by Julie R. Enszer The Complete Works of Pat Parker Sinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s Press Finalist
2018 Gabrielle Calvocoressi Rocket Fantastic Persea Books Winner [15]
Cassie Pruyn Lena Texas Tech University Press Finalist
Duriel E. Harris No Dictionary of a Living Tongue Nightboat Books Finalist
Maureen N. McLane Some Say Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist
2019 Margaree Little Rest Four Way Books Winner [16]
Alicia Mountain High Ground Coward University of Iowa Press Finalist [17]
Brynne Rebele-Henry Autobiography of a Wound University of Pittsburgh Press Finalist [17]
Lisa Dordal Mosaic of the Dark Black Lawrence Press Finalist [17]
2020 Shira Erlichman Odes to Lithium Alice James Books Winner [18][19]
Carmen Giménez Smith Be Recorder Graywolf Press Finalist [20]
Franny Choi Soft Science Alice James Books Finalist [20]
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha Tonguebreaker Arsenal Pulp Press Finalist [20]
2021 Natalie Diaz Postcolonial Love Poem Graywolf Press Winner [21][22]
Ellen Bass Indigo Copper Canyon Press Finalist
Francine J. Harris Here Is the Sweet Hand Farrar, Straus and Giroux Finalist
Sarah M. Sala Devil’s Lake Tolsun Books Finalist
2022 Cheryl Boyce-Taylor Mama Phife Represents Haymarket Books Winner [23]
Donika Kelly The Renunciations Graywolf Press Finalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt Magnified Wesleyan University Press Finalist
Rosie Stockton Permanent Volta Nightboat Books Finalist
2023 Irena Klepfisz Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021 Wesleyan University Press Winner [24][25]
Natalie Wee Beast at Every Threshold Arsenal Pulp Press Finalist
Rage Hezekiah Yearn Diode Editions Finalist
Siaara Freeman Urbanshee Button Poetry Finalist
2024 Leslie Sainz Have You Been Long Enough at Table Tin House Winner [26][27]
Alicia Mountain Four in Hand BOA Editions Finalist [28]
Candace Williams I Am the Most Dangerous Thing Alice James Books Finalist [28]
Destiny Hemphill motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life Action Books Finalist [28]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Awards: The 18th Annual Triangles". Shelf Awareness. May 12, 2006. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "Awards: Publishing Triangle, Ferro-Grumley, Chesley". Shelf Awareness. May 8, 2007. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Awards: Winners of Nebula; Triangle; Eric Hoffer". Shelf Awareness. April 29, 2008. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Irish Book". Shelf Awareness. May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on October 14, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Awards: L.A. Times Book Prizes; BTBA; Triangle". Shelf Awareness . May 2, 2011. Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  7. ^ Bookey, Seth J. (May 8, 2013). "Going for the Silver – Gay City News". Gay City News. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  8. ^ "Triangle Award Winners Revealed". Publishers Weekly. April 25, 2014. Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "Awards: Cervantes Winner; Triangle Winners; Orwell Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. April 25, 2014. Archived from the original on May 18, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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  11. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Thwaites Wainwright; CrimeFest". Shelf Awareness . April 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 19, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  12. ^ "Awards: Triangle; Orwell; James Tait Black". Shelf Awareness. April 22, 2016. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  13. ^ "Vivek Shraya wins Publishing Triangle Award for even this page is white". CBC Books. May 1, 2017. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  14. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle; Chicago Tribune YA; Dewdney Read Together". Shelf Awareness. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "Awards: Edgars; Publishing Triangle". Shelf Awareness. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  16. ^ Maher, John (April 26, 2019). "This Year's Triangle Award Winners Announced". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on May 5, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  17. ^ a b c Reid, Calvin (March 11, 2019). "Finalists, Achievement Winners Announced for 2019 Triangle Lit Awards". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  18. ^ Yohannes, Samraweet (May 1, 2020). "Téa Mutonji and Kai Cheng Thom among winners of 2020 Publishing Triangle Awards for LGBTQ literature". CBC Books. Archived from the original on May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  19. ^ "Awards: Triangle, Wolff Translator's Winners". Shelf Awareness . May 4, 2020. Archived from the original on September 21, 2022. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  20. ^ a b c Yohannes, Samraweet (March 23, 2020). "Samra Habib, Kai Cheng Thom and Téa Mutonji among finalists for 2020 Publishing Triangle Awards". CBC Books. Archived from the original on March 27, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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  22. ^ "Awards: Triangle Winners; Firecracker Finalists". Shelf Awareness. May 13, 2021. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  23. ^ "Awards: Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
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  25. ^ "Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners". Shelf Awareness. May 1, 2023. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  26. ^ Albanese, Andrew (April 18, 2024). "Helen Elaine Lee, Joseph Plaster Among 2024 Publishing Triangle Award Winners". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  27. ^ "Awards: Publishing Triangle Winners; Donner Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. April 18, 2024. Archived from the original on May 8, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  28. ^ a b c "2024 Publishing Triangle Awards Finalists Announced". The Publishing Triangle. March 18, 2024. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

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