2023 in poetry
This is a list of poetry events and publications in 2023.
Events
- April 20-22 — The Queensland Poetry Festival occurs at the State Library of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Its theme is "Story/Verse".
- May 5-7 — The Massachusetts Poetry Festival occurs in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S., with over 150 poets attending.
- May 16-20 — The Cork International Poetry Festival, organized by the Munster Literature Centre, is held in Cork, Ireland.
- June 9-11 — The Poetry International is held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
- August 5 — The Bengaluru Poetry Festival is held in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- September 27-October 1 — The Druskininkai Poetic Fall is held in Lithuania in the cities of Druskininkai and Vilnius and was attended by about 120 people.
Selection of works published in English
Ukraine
- Discusses the Russo-Ukrainian War.
United States
- Discusses life in Beirut, Paris, and Montpeyroux.
Awards and honors by country
United States awards and honors
- Arab American Book Award :
- * Honorable Mentions:
- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award:
- Beatrice Hawley Award from Alice James Books:
- Bollingen Prize:
- Jackson Poetry Prize:
- * Gay Poetry:
- * Lesbian Poetry:
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize:
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize:
- National Book Award for Poetry :
- National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry:The New Criterion Poetry Prize:
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry:
- Wallace Stevens Award:
- Whiting Awards:
- PEN Award for Poetry in Translation:
- PEN Center USA 2021 Poetry Award:
- PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry:
- Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Award:
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize:
- Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award: Roger Reeves, Best Barbarian
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award: Robert Wood Lynn, Mothman Apologia
- Walt Whitman Prize – – Judge:
- Yale Younger Series: Cindy Juyoung Ok, ''Ward Toward''
Deaths
- January 2 — Dumitru Radu Popescu, Romanian poet
- January 7 —Henri Heurtebise, French poet and editor
- ??? — Richard Kell, Irish poet, composer, teacher, and reviewer
- March 10 —David Bottoms, American poet
- April — R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, critic, and writing professor
- April 9 — Huub Oosterhuis, Dutch theologian and poet
- April 21 — John Tranter, Australian poet, publisher and editor
- May 19 — Pete Brown, American poet and songwriter
- May 22 — Andrew Burke, Australian poet
- June 7 —Saskia Hamilton, American poet, professor, and vice provost
- June 30 — Ron Pretty, Australian poet
- July 7 —Ahmed Ilias, Bangladeshi poet
- August 11 — Kenneth White, Scottish poet
- November 18 — Nan Witcomb, Pakistani poet and professor