The Poetry Books up for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry

The Poetry Books up for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry - The Poetry Shop

The National Book Award will be announcing the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 8pm EST. You can register to watch here. The delightful Jeff Hiller is the host and Corinne Bailey Rae will be the musical guest. Looks like a good time! 

The Short List was announced recently and we have the books for you in our shop. 

  1. I Do Know Some Things by Richard Siken, Copper Canyon Press
  2. Scorched Earth: Poems by Tiana Clark, Washington Square Press
  3. Becoming Ghost: Poetry by Cathy Linh Che, Washington Square Press
  4. New Economy by Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Copper Canyon Press
  5. Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems by Scribner Book Company

We have the Short List available as a bundle with free shipping in our Shop. 

Get the Short List bundle » 

Here are the remaining members of the Long List, all are available in our Shop:

  1. Terror Counter by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, Deep Vellum Publishing
  2. Stay Dead by Natalie Shapero, Copper Canyon Press
  3. Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin, Alice James Books
  4. Death of the First Idea: Poems by Rickey Laurentiis, Knopf Publishing Group
  5. Death Does Not End at the Sea by Gbenga Adesina, University of Nebraska Press

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