Believer Poetry Award


The Believer Poetry Award is an American literary award presented yearly by The Believer magazine to poetry collections the magazine's editors thought were "the finest, and the most deserving of greater recognition" of the year. The inaugural award was in 2011 for books published in 2010.

Winners and shortlist

The year below denotes when the books were published; the award is announced the following year. Thus below, the inaugural 2010 books were announced in early to mid-2011.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger

2010

The shortlist was announced in March 2011. The winner was announced in May 2011.
The shortlist was announced in March 2012. The winner was announced in May 2012.
The shortlist was announced in March 2013. The winner was announced in May 2013.
The shortlist was announced in March 2014. The winner was announced in May 2014.
The shortlist was announced in April 2015.
The winner was announced in June 2018.
The longlist was announced in January 2019. The shortlist and winner was announced in April 2019.