Windham-Campbell Prizes

Such an unexpected delight to receive this prize. Truly speechless. I am thrilled as well as honoured.

I am literally floating—this much pure joy is electric! Honestly, what an amazing gift, to be able to write, and to just write!

Incredibly, incredibly honored that my poetry was found worthy of this prize and hope that my cultural work can be of some liberatory use in these times of epochal political shift.

It’s the most wonderful thing to feel connected to people (living and dead) who cared so much for the freedom of creative expression as to found and administer this prize; it gives me courage, and also the means to be more consistently present to my communities. Winning the Windham-Campbell Prize has lifted weights that I didn’t even know were oppressing me internally; it’s beyond anything I looked for in my ordinary writer’s life. First it Knocked me Flat, but Now I’m Bouncing!

I am giddy with joy and gratitude to think that I’ll be a recipient of this amazingly distinguished and generous prize!

What a beautiful prize this is, overflowing with literary love and ambition. It’s so moving to be embraced by such a spirit, to be invited into such a community. Thank you.

The sense of unreality has not left me since the news came in—what an astonishing thing to drop out of a clear blue sky. I am floored by the Windham-Campbell Prize’s generosity and goodwill.

I am over the moon and currently hurtling through space somewhere near Jupiter... just marveling at all of this; the past, the present, and the crystallizing future. I am eternally grateful to my ancestors and everyone who has helped me get this far. And so appreciative to everyone involved at the Windham-Campbell Prizes for this thoughtful injection into my career.