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The 2026 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize Reading



The 2026 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize Reading with winner Anna Lena Phillips Bell and judge Shane McCrae

Apr 07, 2026. 7:30 p.m.

The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize, created in honor of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Anthony Hecht, is awarded annually for a poetry collection by a writer who has published no more than one book of poetry.


This April, we celebrate the 20th winner, Anna Lena Phillips Bell, for her manuscript Might Could, as selected by judge Shane McCrae (Pulling the Chariot of the Sun, In the Language of My Captor), who will also read.


The reading will be followed by a book signing in the Great Hall.

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