Arrowsmith Press has released a list of finalists for this year's Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, honoring the work of the St. Lucian Nobel Prize-winning poet by recognizing a book of poetry by a non-U.S. citizen published anywhere in the world. The winner receives a $2,000 honorarium. The 2026 Walcott Prize finalists are:
Mouth by Mona Arshi
Jonah and Me by John F. Deane
Minx by Karen Downs-Barton
At Beckett's Grave by Robin Durnford
The Inferno by Lorna Goodison
The Ruins by Ye Hui
Men of the Same Name by Evan Jones
Cold Thief Place by Esther Lin
Archivium by Theresa Munoz
Plenitude by Thomas McCarthy
The Anchorage by Bernard O'Donoghue
Namanlagh by Tom Paulin
Unravel by Tolu Oloruntoba
Banquet by Stav Poleg
Fenestration by Othuke Umukoro