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.

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Recipients

Award winners and finalists [1]
YearAuthorTitlePublisherResultRef.
2001 Marilyn Hacker Squares and CourtyardsW. W. NortonWinner
Elena Georgiou Mercy Mercy MePainted Leaf PressFinalist
Nancy Boutilier On the Eighth Day Adam Slept AloneBlack Sparrow PressFinalist
2002 Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Mr. BluebirdPainted Leaf PressWinner
Eileen Myles SkiesBlack Sparrow PressFinalist
Letta Neely HereWildheart PressFinalist
2003 Melanie Braverman RedPerugia PressWinner
Eloise Klein Healy PassingRed Hen PressFinalist
Martha Serpas Côte BlancheNew IssuesFinalist
2004 Daphne Gottlieb Final GirlSoft Skull PressWinner
Marilyn Hacker DesesperantoW. W. NortonFinalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt The Dirt She AteUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist
2005 Maureen Seaton Venus Examines Her BreastCarnegie Mellon University PressWinner
Adrienne Rich The School Among the RuinsW. W. NortonFinalist
Lee Ann Roripaugh Year of the SnakeSouthern Illinois University PressFinalist
2006 Jane Miller A Palace of PearlsCopper Canyon PressWinner [2]
Djuna Barnes ; edited by Philip Herring and Osias StutmanCollected Poems with Notes Toward the MemoirsUniversity of Wisconsin PressFinalist
June Jordan Directed by DesireCopper Canyon PressFinalist
2007 Jennifer Rose Hometown for an HourOhio University PressWinner [3]
Kate Lynn Hibbard Sleeping Upside DownSilverfish Review PressFinalist
Robin Becker The Domain of Perfect AffectionUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist
2008 Joan Larkin My BodyHanging Loose PressWinner [4]
Eileen Myles Sorry, TreeWave BooksFinalist
Jennifer Perrine The Body Is No MachineNew IssuesFinalist
2009 Elizabeth Bradfield Interpretive WorkRed Hen PressWinner [5]
Elaine Sexton CausewayNew IssuesFinalist
Maureen McLane Same LifeFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist
2010 Stacie Cassarino Zero at the BoneNew Issues Poetry & ProseWinner
Kristin Naca Bird Eating BirdHarperPerennial/HarperCollinsFinalist
Lee Ann Roripaugh On the Cusp of a Dangerous YearSouthern Illinois University PressFinalist
2011 Jen Currin The Inquisition YoursCoach House BooksWinner [6]
Eleanor Lerman The Sensual World Re-emergesSarabande BooksFinalist
Elizabeth J. Colen Money for SunsetsSteel Toe BooksFinalist
2012 Minnie Bruce Pratt Inside the Money MachineCarolina Wren PressWinner
Christina Hutchins The Stranger DissolvesSixteen Rivers PressFinalist
Rae Gouirand Open WinterBellday BooksFinalist
Susan Hawthorne CowSpinifex PressFinalist
2013 Rachel Rose Song and SpectacleHarbour PublishingWinner [7]
Davida Singer Port of CallPlain View PressFinalist
Marty McConnell Wine for a ShotgunEM PressFinalist
Susan Sherman The Light That Puts an End to DreamsWings PressFinalist
2014 Angie Estes EnchantéeOberlin College PressWinner [8] [9]
Hailey Leithauser SwoopGraywolf PressFinalist [10]
Kamilah Aisha Moon She Has a NameFour Way BooksFinalist [10]
Stacey Waite Butch GeographyTupelo PressFinalist [10]
2015 Meg Day Last Psalm at Sea LevelBarrow Street PressWinner [11]
Beverly Burch How a Mirage WorksSixteen Rivers PressFinalist
Ellen Bass Like a BeggarCopper Canyon PressFinalist
Robin Becker Tiger HeronUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist
2016 Jennifer Perrine No Confession, No MassUniversity of Nebraska PressWinner [12]
Dawn Lundy Life in a Box Is a Pretty LifeNightboat BooksFinalist
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha BodymapMawenzi House/TSARFinalist
Nickole Brown Fanny SaysBOA EditionsFinalist
2017 Francine J. Harris play deadAlice James BooksWinner [13] [14]
Donika Kelly BestiaryGraywolf PressFinalist
Juliet Patterson ThrenodyNightboat BooksFinalist
Pat Parker , edited by Julie R. Enszer The Complete Works of Pat ParkerSinister Wisdom/A Midsummer Night’s PressFinalist
2018 Gabrielle Calvocoressi Rocket FantasticPersea BooksWinner [15]
Cassie Pruyn LenaTexas Tech University PressFinalist
Duriel E. Harris No Dictionary of a Living TongueNightboat BooksFinalist
Maureen N. McLane Some SayFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist
2019 Margaree Little RestFour Way BooksWinner [16]
Alicia Mountain High Ground CowardUniversity of Iowa PressFinalist [17]
Brynne Rebele-Henry Autobiography of a WoundUniversity of Pittsburgh PressFinalist [17]
Lisa Dordal Mosaic of the DarkBlack Lawrence PressFinalist [17]
2020 Shira Erlichman Odes to LithiumAlice James BooksWinner [18] [19]
Carmen Giménez Smith Be RecorderGraywolf PressFinalist [20]
Franny Choi Soft Science Alice James BooksFinalist [20]
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha TonguebreakerArsenal Pulp PressFinalist [20]
2021 Natalie Diaz Postcolonial Love Poem Graywolf PressWinner [21] [22]
Ellen Bass IndigoCopper Canyon PressFinalist
Francine J. Harris Here Is the Sweet HandFarrar, Straus and GirouxFinalist
Sarah M. Sala Devil’s LakeTolsun BooksFinalist
2022[Boyce-Taylor]Mama Phife RepresentsHaymarket BooksWinner [23]
Donika Kelly The RenunciationsGraywolf PressFinalist
Minnie Bruce Pratt MagnifiedWesleyan University PressFinalist
Rosie Stockton Permanent VoltaNightboat BooksFinalist
2023 Irena Klepfisz Her Birth and Later Years: New and Collected Poems, 1971-2021Wesleyan University PressWinner [24] [25]
Natalie Wee Beast at Every ThresholdArsenal Pulp PressFinalist
Rage Hezekiah YearnDiode EditionsFinalist
Siaara Freeman UrbansheeButton PoetryFinalist
2024 Leslie Sainz Have You Been Long Enough at TableTin HouseWinner [26] [27]
Alicia Mountain Four in HandBOA EditionsFinalist [28]
Candace Williams I Am the Most Dangerous ThingAlice James BooksFinalist [28]
Destiny Hemphill motherworld: a devotional for the alter-lifeAction BooksFinalist [28]

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