Role: Judges
Robin Coste Lewis
Robin Coste Lewis was the judge of Kore Press’ 2016 First Book Award, and chose July Westhale’s Trailer Trash as the winning poetry manuscript. Robin Coste Lewis, 2015 National Book Award winner in …
Tracie Morris
Tracie Morris (she/her/hers) was the judge of Kore Press’ 2015 First Book Award, and chose Zayne Turner’s Body Burden as the winning poetry manuscript. Turner’s book will be available in 2017. Morris …
Nikky Finney
Nikky Finney was the judge of Kore Press’ 2013 First Book Award, and chose Jen McClanaghan’s River Legs as the winning poetry manuscript. Find McClanaghan’s book here. Nikky Finney was born by the …
Bhanu Kapil
Bhanu Kapil was the judge of Kore Press’ 2011 First Book Award, and chose Michelle Chan Brown’s Double Agent as the winning poetry manuscript. Find Brown’s book here. Bhanu Kapil lives in Colorado …