Arrowsmith Press has released the shortlist for this year's Walcott Prize, honoring the work of St. Lucian Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott and recognizing a book of poetry by a non-U.S. citizen published anywhere in the world. The winner, who will be named in October, receives a $2,000 honorarium. The 2025 Walcott Prize shortlisted titles are:
Blue Exodus by Hussain Ahmed
Orpheus and Euridyce in New York by Olena Boryshpolets
In the Capital City of Autumn by Tim Bowling
The Silence by Gillian Clarke
Collected Poems by Wendy Cope
No One Will Know You Tomorrow by Najwan Darwish
Selected Poems by Lavinia Greenlaw
What of the Earth Was Saved by Leeladhar Jagoori
The Light That Burns Us by Jazra Khaleed
Ceremony for the Nameless by Theresa Lola
The Shark Nursery by Mary O'Malley
mahogany eve by Alan Payne
2000 Blacks by Ajibola Tolase
The Naming of Names by Shash Trevett
Coco Island by Christine Roseeta Walker
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Three finalists have been selected for the $10,000 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, celebrating "excellence in thoroughbred sports literature published in 2024." The winner's ceremony will take place on November 6.
The finalists:
A Beggar's Ride by John Perrotta
Dark Horses: A Memoir of Redemption by Arthur B. Hancock III
Letters From Country Life: Adolphe Pons, Man o' War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thoroughbred Farm by Josh Pons