2018 in poetry

Major poetry-related events that took place worldwide during 2018 are outlined below, in various different sections. This includes poetry books released during the year in different languages, major literary awards, poetry festivals and events, besides anniversaries and deaths of renowned poets, etc. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, India or France).

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Events

August 11 – Writer V. S. Naipaul, on his deathbed in London, is read Tennyson's poem "Crossing the Bar" by newspaper editor Geordie Greig.^[1]

Anniversaries

Selection of works published in English

Australia

Jordie Albiston, Warlines
Judith Beveridge, Sun Music: New and Selected Poems
Ken Bolton, Starting at Basheer's
Sarah Day, Towards Light & Other Poems
Paul Hetherington, Moonlight on Oleander
John Mateer, João
Tim Metcalf, The Underwritten Plain
Tracy Ryan, The Water Bearer

Canada

Gwen Benaway, Holy Wild
Leonard Cohen (d. 2016), The Flame

Anthologies in Canada

New Zealand

Poets in Best New Zealand Poems

United Kingdom

England

Raymond Antrobus, The Perseverance
Jay Bernard, Surge
John Cooper Clarke, The Luckiest Guy Alive
Salena Godden, Pessimism is for Lightweights: 13 pieces of courage and resistance
Susannah Hart, Out of True
Zaffar Kunial, Us
Andrew McMillan, playtime
J. O. Morgan, Assurances (Scottish poet published in England)
Robin Robertson, The Long Take (novel partly in verse; Scottish poet published in England)
Richard Scott, Soho
Hannah Sullivan, Three Poems

Northern Ireland

Scotland

Anthologies in the United Kingdom

Fiona Waters, I am the Seed that Grew the Tree: A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United Kingdom

United States

Alphabetical listing by author name

Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X (young adult verse novel)
Ace Allen, Poems of People
Jos Charles, feeld (Milkweed Editions)
Jason Reynolds, For Every One

Anthologies in the United States

Criticism, scholarship and biography in the United States

Poets in The Best American Poetry 2018

Works published in other languages

Italian

AA.VV., Paragrafi. Antologia di poesia in prosa (edited by Pietro Montorfani, Coll. Candide, Pasturana, puntoacapo editrice)[1], poets: Antonella Anedda, Marta Arnaldi, Daniela Attanasio, Alberto Bertoni, Franco Buffoni, Pietro De Marchi, Luigi Fontanella, Marco Furia, Vito Giuliana, Andrea Inglese, Gilberto Isella, Fabio Jermini, Marica Larocchi, Franca Mancinelli, Massimiliano Mandorlo, Matteo Munaretto, Giampiero Neri, Alberto Nessi, Enzo Pelli, Giancarlo Pontiggia, Fabio Pusterla, Jacopo Ramonda, Roberto Rossi Precerutti, Marco Sonzogni, Andrea Temporelli, Marco Vitale
AA.VV., Non era soltanto passione. Generazione degli anni 80 (edited by Andrea Bianchetti, preface by Debora Giampani, Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte)[2]; poets: Noé Albergati, Daniele Bernardi, Yari Bernasconi, Andrea Bianchetti, Margherita Coldesina, Laura Di Corcia, Lia Galli, Andrea Grassi, Fabio Jermini, Jonathan Lupi, Mercure Martini, Marko Miladinovic, Pietro Montorfani, Carlotta Silini
Linda Baranzini, Solo vorrei ammirare lungamente (Viganello [Lugano], alla chiara fonte)[3]

Nepali

Awards and honors by country

See also: List of poetry awards

Awards announced this year:

International

Struga Poetry Evenings Golden Wreath Laureate:

Australia awards and honors

United Kingdom awards and honors

Cholmondeley Award: Vahni Capildeo, Kate Clanchy, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Daljit Nagra, Zoë Skoulding
Costa Award (formerly "Whitbread Awards") for poetry:
- Shortlist: Zaffar Kunial, Us; J. O. Morgan, Assurances; Richard Scott, Soho; Hannah Sullivan, Three Poems
English Association's Fellows' Poetry Prizes:
Eric Gregory Award (for a collection of poems by a poet under the age of 30):
Forward Poetry Prize:
- Best Collection:
  - Shortlist:
- Best First Collection:
  - Shortlist:
- Best Poem:
  - Shortlist:
Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize for poetry:
- Shortlist:
Manchester Poetry Prize:
National Poet of Wales: Ifor ap Glyn
National Poetry Competition 2018:
Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Simon Armitage
T. S. Eliot Prize (United Kingdom and Ireland): Hannah Sullivan, Three Poems
- Shortlist (announced in November 2018): 2018 Short List
The Times / Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry Translation:

United States awards and honors

Arab American Book Award (The George Ellenbogen Poetry Award):
- Honorable Mentions:
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award:
Best Translated Book Award (BTBA):
Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books:
Bollingen Prize:
Jackson Poetry Prize:
Lambda Literary Award:
- Gay Poetry:
- Lesbian Poetry:
Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize: Craig Morgan Teicher^[2]
Los Angeles Times Book Prize:
- Finalists:
National Book Award for Poetry (NBA):
- NBA Finalists:
- NBA Longlist:
- NBA Judges:
National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry:
The New Criterion Poetry Prize:
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (United States):
Wallace Stevens Award:
Whiting Awards:
PEN Award for Poetry in Translation:
PEN Center USA 2018 Poetry Award:
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry: (Judges: )
Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award:
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize:
Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award:
Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge:
Yale Younger Series:

From the Poetry Society of America

Frost Medal: Ron Padgett^[3]
Shelley Memorial Award: Ntozake Shange^[4]
Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award:
Lyric Poetry Award:
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award: Victoria Chang^[5]
Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award:
George Bogin Memorial Award:
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award:
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award:
Norma Farber First Book Award: Eve L. Ewing^[6]
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award:
William Carlos Williams Award: Jennifer Chang^[7]

Deaths

January – June

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January 3 – Keorapetse Kgositsile (b. 1938), South African Poet Laureate
February 12 – Kamal al-Hadithi (b. 1939), Iraqi poet ^[8]

July – December

August 5 – Matthew Sweeney (b. 1952), Irish poet
October 22 – Anne Fairbairn, (b. 1928), Australian poet, journalist and expert in Arab culture
October 27 – Ntozake Shange (b. 1948), American playwright and poet
November 22 – Judith Rodriguez, (b. 1936), Australian poet and academic

References

^ Lea, Richard (2018-08-11). "V. S. Naipaul, Nobel prize-winning British author, dies aged 85". The Guardian. London. from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
^ "Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize". Academy of American Poets. from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "Frost Medal". Britannica. from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "Announcing the winner of the 2018 Shelley Memorial Award, Ntozake Shange". Poetry Society of America. April 18, 2018. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "Norma Farber First Book Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ "William Carlos Williams Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ . almajd.net (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[1] Lea, Richard (2018-08-11). "V. S. Naipaul, Nobel prize-winning British author, dies aged 85". The Guardian. London. from the original on 2018-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-11.

[2] "Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize". Academy of American Poets. from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[3] "Frost Medal". Britannica. from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[4] "Announcing the winner of the 2018 Shelley Memorial Award, Ntozake Shange". Poetry Society of America. April 18, 2018. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[5] "Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[6] "Norma Farber First Book Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[7] "William Carlos Williams Award - 2018". Poetry Society of America. from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[8] . almajd.net (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 4 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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