Walt Whitman Award
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (2018) Winner
Emily Skaja
エミリー・スカジャ
Emirī Sukaja
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Illinois
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Huntley, Illinois → Memphis, Tennessee
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 2014-
- Affiliations
- Southern Indiana Review (associate poetry editor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millikin University | — | Creative Writing | BA | — | United States |
| Temple University | — | Creative Writing | MA | — | United States |
| Purdue University | — | Creative Writing | MFA | — | United States |
| University of Cincinnati | — | Creative Writing and Literature | PhD | — | United States |
Millikin University
Creative Writing
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
BA in creative writing
Temple University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MA
Country:
United States
MA in creative writing
Purdue University
Creative Writing
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA in creative writing
University of Cincinnati
Creative Writing and Literature
Degree:
PhD
Country:
United States
PhD in creative writing and literature, certificate in women's, gender, and sexuality studies, Taft Summer Research fellow
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Walt Whitman Award | Brute | — | Academy of American Poets | winner |
| 2014 | Russell Prize | — | emerging poets | Two Sylvias Press | winner |
| 2015 | Gulf Coast Prize | — | poetry | Gulf Coast | winner |
| 2015 | Thomas H. Scholl and Elizabeth Boyd Thompson Poetry Prize | — | — | Purdue University | recipient |
| 2015 | AWP Intro Journals Award | — | — | AWP | recipient |
| 2019 | Creative Writing Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | recipient |
Walt Whitman Award
2018
Work:
Brute
Organization:
Academy of American Poets
Result:
winner
Russell Prize
2014
Category:
emerging poets
Organization:
Two Sylvias Press
Result:
winner
Gulf Coast Prize
2015
Category:
poetry
Organization:
Gulf Coast
Result:
winner
Thomas H. Scholl and Elizabeth Boyd Thompson Poetry Prize
2015
Organization:
Purdue University
Result:
recipient
AWP Intro Journals Award
2015
Organization:
AWP
Result:
recipient
Creative Writing Fellowship
2019
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
recipient
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Brute
2019 Poetry collectionPoetry collection with themes of gender, abuse and identity. Winner of the Walt Whitman Award for poets who have not yet published a book.
genderabuseidentity
Bibliography
- Brute (Graywolf Press, 2019)
Legacy
American poet known for winning the 2018 Walt Whitman Award.
Trivia
- Website: https://emilyskaja.net/