‘God, the Sestina’ shortlisted for the 2024 Blake Poetry Prize

I’m delighted my poem ‘God, the Sestina’ (with a nod to A.E. Stallings) has been shortlisted for the 2024 Blake Poetry Prize. 

Warm thanks to judges Simone King, Ellen van Neerven and Peter Ramm, to everyone at WestWords, especially Michael Campbell, and congratulations to fellow shortlistees Evelyn Araulen, Adrienne Eberhard, Coco X. Huang, Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Kaya Ortiz, Alicia Sometimes and Mark Tredinnick. 

You can read the judges’ comments and the shortlisted poems and watch all the shortlisted poets read their work here. 

The winner and runner-up will be announced on May 18.