The Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry is an annual literary award presented by Publishing Triangle to honour works of gay male poetry. First presented in 2001 as the Triangle Award for Gay Poetry, the award was renamed in memory of British poet Thom Gunn, the award's first winner, following his death in 2004.
Recipients + Award winners and finalists Year Author Title Publisher Result 2001Boss CupidFarrar, Straus and GirouxWinnerPastoralGraywolf PressFinalistDay for NightPainted Leaf PressFinalist2002SourceHarperCollinsWinnerArsenal Pulp PressFinalistHarmless MedicineManic D PressFinalist2003Red SuburbCoffee House PressWinnerTheory of DevolutionUniversity of Illinois PressFinalistLandscape with Human FigureDuke University PressFinalist2004University of Wisconsin PressWinnerAusable PressFinalistSaying the WorldCopper Canyon PressFinalist2005Farrar, Straus and GirouxWinnerCocktailsGraywolf PressFinalistSurvivable WorldWord WorksFinalist2006CrushYale University PressWinnerStar DustFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalistCut Off the Ears of WinterNew IssuesFinalist2007GuttedManic D PressWinnerCoffee House PressFinalistStonewallFinalist2008Under SleepUniversity of Chicago PressWinnerBlind Date with CafavyMarsh Hawk PressWinnerBlackbird and WolfFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist2009Boy with FlowersBarrow Street PressWinnerPleaseNew IssuesFinalistFire to FireHarper/HarperCollinsFinalist2010Poems of the Black ObjectFuturepoem BooksWinnerBlack Lawrence PressFinalistChronicGraywolf PressFinalist2011University of Arkansas PressWinnerHarm's WayUniversity of Arkansas PressFinalistOmnidawnFinalist2012TouchFarrar, Straus and GirouxWinnerMotion StudiesThe Word WorksFinalistLove-in-IdlenessBrooklyn Arts PressFinalistNightboat BooksFinalist2013Looking for the Gulf MotelUniversity of Pittsburgh PressWinnerAppetiteUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalistSlow LightningYale University PressFinalistHe Do the Gay Man in Different VoicesSibling Rivalry PressFinalist2014All the Heat We Could CarryMain Street RagWinnerSacrilegionCarolina Wren PressFinalistSibling Rivalry PressFinalistUnpeopled EdenFour Way BooksFinalist2015Copper Canyon PressWinner; edited and by Stephen SartarelliUniversity of Chicago PressFinalistI Don't Know Do YouAmpersand BooksFinalistPrelude to BruiseCoffee House PressFinalist2016ChordSarabande BooksWinnerKent State University PressFinalistBoy with ThornUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalistFarther TravelerCounterpath PressFinalist2017Night Sky with Exit WoundsCopper Canyon PressWinnerTrouble the WaterBOA EditionsFinalistThief in the InteriorAlice James BooksFinalistRaptureGraywolf PressFinalist2018When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further PossibilitiesBOA EditionsWinnerInto Each Room We Enter Without KnowingSouthern Illinois University PressFinalistDon't Call Us DeadGraywolf PressFinalistHalf-Light: Collected Poems, 1965–2016Farrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist2019Not HereCoffee House PressWinnerForgive the Body This FailureFour Way BooksFinalistCenzontleBOA EditionsFinalistLuminous Debris: New and Selected Legerdemain, 1992–2017Barrow Street PressFinalist2020CompanyFour Way BooksWinnerUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist; by Lawrence SchimelImpure ActsIndolent BooksFinalistDocuments BOA EditionsFinalist202113th BalloonCopper Canyon PressWinnerHomieGraywolf PressFinalistPricks in the TapestryBirds, LLCFinalistFantasia for the Man in BlueFour Way BooksFinalist2022Punks: New & Selected PoemsThe Song CaveWinnerNorthwestern University PressFinalistShoreditchBarrow Street PressFinalistMutinyPenguin BooksFinalist2023 and Michael Bronski (ed.)Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta BorawskiRebel Satori PressWinnerMouth, Sugar and SmokeDiode EditionsFinalistMadnessNightboat BooksFinalistAlive at the End of the WorldCoffee House PressFinalist2024Trace EvidenceTin HouseWinnerPigScribnerFinalistPoem Bitten by a Man Nightboat BooksFinalistTo the Boy Who Was Night Four Way BooksFinalist2025Rara AvisFour Way BooksWinnerBoundPersea BooksFinalistPentimentoBlack Lawrence PressFinalistSky. Pond. Mouth.Yas PressFinalist2026I Do Know Some ThingsCopper Canyon PressWinnerBrotherfulSibling Rivalry PressFinalistBuilding the Perfect Animal: New and Selected PoemsFour Way BooksFinalistSeabeastFour Way BooksFinalistWillow Hammer Four Way BooksFinalist
See also
Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry
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