The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry
The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works. Sponsored by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is made possible through the generous support of the Amazon Literary Partnership.
The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and is available to published and unpublished authors alike. Prize information can be found here.
2020 Donald Hall Poetry Prize
Selected by Claudia RankineRequest Exam or Desk Copy. Request Review Copy
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Like Venn diagrams, these poems overlap the poet’s Kurdish positionality with cyberfeminist codes, seeking possible relations and pathways of communication. Half-written sentences, abandoned thoughts, stutters, and impenetrable utterances exist alongside detailed and astute observances, plaintive statements of loneliness, joy, or frustration. Like the course of a life, not every moment in this innovative collection yields to its reader; but about:blank’s collective force trembles with formal brilliance and originality.
