Claremont Graduate University recently announced the selection of the finalists for the 2018 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards.
More than 470 titles were submitted by individuals and publishers for consideration this year. Ten finalists (five for each of the two awards) were chosen by a finalists judging committee led by Don Share, editor of Poetry magazine.
Among the ten finalists are four Civitella Fellows.
For the Kate Tufts Discovery Award:
Mai Der Vang (CRF 2017), Afterland, Graywolf Press
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award:
Paisley Rekdal (CRF 2017), Imaginary Vessels, Copper Canyon Press
Patricia Smith (CRF 2017), Incendiary Art: Poems, TriQuarterly Books/Northwestern UP
Monica Youn (CRF 2013), Blackacre, Graywolf Press