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 +Award winners and finalistsYearAuthorTitlePublisherResult2001Squares and CourtyardsW. W. NortonWinnerMercy Mercy MePainted Leaf PressFinalistOn the Eighth Day Adam Slept AloneBlack Sparrow PressFinalist2002Mr. BluebirdPainted Leaf PressWinnerSkiesBlack Sparrow PressFinalistHereWildheart PressFinalist2003RedPerugia PressWinnerPassingRed Hen PressFinalistCôte BlancheNew IssuesFinalist2004Final GirlSoft Skull PressWinnerDesesperantoW. W. NortonFinalistUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist2005Venus Examines Her BreastCarnegie Mellon University PressWinnerW. W. NortonFinalistYear of the SnakeSouthern Illinois University PressFinalist2006Copper Canyon PressWinner; edited by Philip Herring and Osias StutmanCollected Poems with Notes Toward the MemoirsUniversity of Wisconsin PressFinalistDirected by DesireCopper Canyon PressFinalist2007Hometown for an HourOhio University PressWinnerSleeping Upside DownSilverfish Review PressFinalistUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist2008My BodyHanging Loose PressWinnerSorry, TreeWave BooksFinalistNew IssuesFinalist2009Interpretive WorkRed Hen PressWinnerCausewayNew IssuesFinalistSame LifeFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist2010Zero at the BoneNew Issues Poetry & ProseWinnerBird Eating BirdHarperPerennial/HarperCollinsFinalistOn the Cusp of a Dangerous YearSouthern Illinois University PressFinalist2011Coach House BooksWinnerSarabande BooksFinalistMoney for SunsetsSteel Toe BooksFinalist2012Inside the Money MachineCarolina Wren PressWinnerSixteen Rivers PressFinalistOpen WinterBellday BooksFinalistCowSpinifex PressFinalist2013Song and SpectacleHarbour PublishingWinnerPort of CallPlain View PressFinalistWine for a ShotgunEM PressFinalistWings PressFinalist2014EnchantéeOberlin College PressWinnerSwoopGraywolf PressFinalistShe Has a NameFour Way BooksFinalistButch GeographyTupelo PressFinalist2015Last Psalm at Sea LevelBarrow Street PressWinnerHow a Mirage WorksSixteen Rivers PressFinalistLike a BeggarCopper Canyon PressFinalistTiger HeronUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist2016No Confession, No MassUniversity of Nebraska PressWinnerLife in a Box Is a Pretty LifeNightboat BooksFinalistBodymapMawenzi House/TSARFinalistFanny SaysBOA EditionsFinalist2017play deadAlice James BooksWinnerBestiaryGraywolf PressFinalistThrenodyNightboat BooksFinalist, edited by Julie R. EnszerSinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night's PressFinalist2018Rocket FantasticPersea BooksWinnerLenaTexas Tech University PressFinalistNo Dictionary of a Living TongueNightboat BooksFinalistSome SayFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist2019RestFour Way BooksWinnerHigh Ground CowardUniversity of Iowa PressFinalistAutobiography of a WoundUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalistMosaic of the DarkBlack Lawrence PressFinalist2020Odes to LithiumAlice James BooksWinnerBe RecorderGraywolf PressFinalistSoft ScienceAlice James BooksFinalistTonguebreakerArsenal Pulp PressFinalist2021Postcolonial Love PoemGraywolf PressWinnerIndigoCopper Canyon PressFinalistHere Is the Sweet HandFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalistDevil's LakeTolsun BooksFinalist2022Mama Phife RepresentsHaymarket BooksWinnerGraywolf PressFinalistMagnifiedWesleyan University PressFinalistPermanent VoltaNightboat BooksFinalist2023Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021Wesleyan University PressWinnerBeast at Every ThresholdArsenal Pulp PressFinalistYearnDiode EditionsFinalistUrbansheeButton PoetryFinalist2024Have You Been Long Enough at Table Tin HouseWinnerFour in Hand BOA EditionsFinalistI Am the Most Dangerous Thing Alice James BooksFinalistmotherworld: a devotional for the alter-life Action BooksFinalist2025Your Dazzling DeathKnopfWinnerAlt-NatureCoffee House PressFinalistTexas Tech University PressFinalistSong of My SofteningAlice James BooksFinalist2026Beacon PressWinner (ed.)Essential Poems by Pat Parker Sinister WisdomFinalistLet the Moon WobbleAlice James BooksFinalistLonely Women Make Good LoversBOA EditionsFinalistSOFARPersea BooksFinalist
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