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

Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo, recently named Poet Laureate of the United States, was the judge of Kore Press’ 2014 First Book Award, and chose Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies as the winning poetry manuscript. Find

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