D.A. Powell Wins $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Writer's Blog

Homepage
Classifieds
Feed
Search

Search

D.A. Powell Wins $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

Claremont Graduate University has announced D.A. Powell won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and Beth Bachmann won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. The Kingsley Tufts prize was established in 1992 to honor work by a midcareer poet. The Kate Tufts Award is given to a poet for their first book of poetry.

D.A. Powell's books include Tea, Lunch and Cocktails. His most recent book, Chronic: Poems, is also a finalist for the NBCC Award in Poetry, and was named a Best Book of 2009 by Publishers Weekly and the Kansas City Star.

Beth Bachmann won the Kate Tufts Award for her first book of poetry, Temper.

Tags: da-poweell | kingsley-tufts-poetry-award | poetry-prize

Posted on 2010-02-09
Permalink| | | Comments (View) | |

blog comments powered by Disqus

The Writers Write
Lifestyle Network

Bloggers Blog
Crafters Craft
Drivers Drive
Fantasy SF Blog
Gamers Game
Health News Blog
HowToWeb.com
The IWJ Blog
Lovers Love
Media Cynic
Petosphere
Pleasant Morning Buzz
Readers Read
Science News Blog
Shopping Blog
Singers Sing
Surfers Surf
Traders Trade
Video Nacho
Watchers Watch
Workers Work
The Write News
Writer's Blog