Tufts Poetry Awards 2015 Winners

Angie Estes, an Ashland University faculty member in the low residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, has won the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for best book of poems published in the previous year, and Brandon Som, author of The Tribute Horse (winner of the 2012 Nightboat Poetry Prize) and Babel’s Moon (winner of Tupelo Press’ Snowbound Prize) has won the $10,000 Tufts Discovery Award.

The Tufts poetry awards – based at Claremont Graduate University and given for poetry volumes published in the preceding year– are not only two of the most prestigious prizes a contemporary poet can receive, they also come with hefty purses: $100,000 for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and $10,000 for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. This makes the Kingsley Tufts award the world’s largest monetary prize for a single collection of poetry. Unlike many literary awards, which are coronations for a successful career or body of work, the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award was created to both honor the poet and provide the resources that allow artists to continue working towards the pinnacle of their craft.

To learn more about the award and see a full list of finalist, visit the Claremont Graduate University School of Arts & Humanities site here.