Coming this Fall/Winter 2026! We are honored to bring you ten new collections by first-time and returning poets! These wise and persistent books make their way by questioning the self and its surroundings, both present and historical. Learn more about these forthcoming titles at: bit.ly/4tWw21c

Spotted in Sunday's NYT Book Review: By the Book featuring ARTHUR SZE! This week, Sze takes you through how he selected poems for his new book TRANSIENT WORLDS; which three writers he'd want to have dinner with; and a few of his favorite books! Read it online now at: https://nyti.ms/4vYrlpJ

We are pleased to announce that RICHARD SIKEN is the recipient of this year's Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry! SIKEN also won the award in 2006 for his first collection, Crush. Get your copy of I DO KNOW SOME THINGS at https://bit.ly/4pHuoza

Congratulations to JENNIFER CHANG, whose collection AN AUTHENTIC LIFE is the winner of the 2026 Kingsley Tufts Award! AN AUTHENTIC LIFE was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Get your copy at https://bit.ly/3WHsRwV

Happy pub day to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE’s newest book and long-awaited Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS! This innovative collection takes readers on a journey across 1,500 years of poetry translated from 13 languages.

On May 7, join PAISLEY REKDAL for a virtual poetry reading and benefit for Copper Canyon Press. You'll hear selections from PAISLEY's forthcoming collection, HERITANCE, and have an opportunity to donate to support the Press's entire fall season. Register now at https://bit.ly/4snYPdS. See you then!

We love this review of DEAN YOUNG's surreal and profound collection, CREATURE FEATURE from The New York Times! Read it now at https://nyti.ms/3PWucil, and get your copy of CREATURE FEATURE at https://bit.ly/4rLWwCf.

Happy pub day to MICHAEL BAZZETT’s CLOUDWATCHER. Winner of the inaugural 2025 Stern Prize, this collection leaves us with a heightened sense of how absurd and wondrous it is to inhabit a temporary body. Learn more and get your copy at https://bit.ly/3OTRhRW.

Happy pub day to DEAN YOUNG's first posthumous collection, CREATURE FEATURE. Brimming with surrealist imagery and horror flick iconography, this collection displays YOUNG’s sharp humor, playfulness, and imaginative power. Learn more and get your copy at https://bit.ly/3MqL535

Looking for your next read? New York Public Library recommends MY PERFECT COGNATE by NATALIE SCENTERS-ZAPICO, STAY DEAD by NATALIE SHAPERO, and THE NEW ECONOMY by GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI! Check out these collections during you next library visit, or go to https://bit.ly/4rLWwCf for more info!

On April 20, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and host Michael Wiegers for a celebration of TRANSIENT WORLDS, the first Laureate project to center poetry-in-translation.

Forthcoming May 26: AIR by DANIEL HALPERN In today's #coverfeature, HALPERN tells us how a spur-of-the-moment photograph became the face of his latest poetry collection:

Forthcoming May 5: A THIRD COMMONNESS: ESSAYS ON POETRY, POETICS, AND THE NATURAL WORLD by former U.S. Poet Laureate ROBERT HASS. Today, HASS gives us a first look at his sprawling exploration of poetic heritage and the inspired lines by Wallace Steven that gave this collection its name.

Congratulations to PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA whose collection KITCHEN HYMNS is a finalist for Lambda Literary’s 2026 Lammy Award in Gay Poetry! To get your copy of KITCHEN HYMNS, visit https://bit.ly/3RFKXfI. Winners will be announced on June 12th. Congrats to PÁDRAIG and all finalists!

Save the date! On April 30, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE returns to the Library of Congress with U.K. Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to discuss their forthcoming collections! SZE celebrates TRANSIENT WORLDS, which encourages readers to unlock their poetic creativity through the art of translation.

Please join us in congratulating RICHARD SIKEN, whose most recent collection I DO KNOW SOME THINGS is a finalist for the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry! This award celebrates outstanding LGBTQ poetry, honoring the legacy of the poet Thom Gunn. SIKEN’s first book, CRUSH, won the prize in 2006.

Congratulations to PATRICIA SPEARS JONES, recipient of the Rauschenberg Centennial Award for Writing and a $100,000 prize! This one-time prize has been awarded to four participants of the Captiva Residency, in honor of artist Robert Rauschenberg’s one hundredth birthday.

Congratulations to JENNIFER CHANG whose collection AN AUTHENTIC LIFE is a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award! This award honors a mid-career poet whose work demonstrates exceptional literary achievement. A winner will be announced on March 28. Congrats to all finalists!

#AWP2026 is officially here! Find Copper Canyon Press at booths #1038 and #1040. We have collections from our forthcoming spring/summer season, classics from seasons past, and an array of author signings to look forward to! We hope you'll drop by!

Who else is excited for the AWP 2026 bookfair?! While you're there, don't miss these author signings at the Copper Canyon booths 1038 and 1040 on March 5–7! Check out our complete author-signing schedule and stay tuned here for more updates on where to find Copper Canyon Press poets at #AWP2026!

Welcome to our final #MeettheIntern Monday of the Spring 2026 season! Today, it is our pleasure to introduce you to our incredible production intern, Lili! Read their 60-second Q&A and learn more about interning with the Press at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09!

Forthcoming April 7: CLOUDWATCHER by MICHAEL BAZZETT, winner of the 2025 Stern Prize from The American Poetry Review! In today's #coverfeature, BAZZETT tells us about the uncanny resemblance—and rightness—between his speaker, self, and cover figure:

Attention booksellers! We’re thrilled to share that U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE will be at this year’s Winter Institute Conference to give you a preview of his Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS: ON TRANSLATING POETRY—your passport into 1,500 years of global poetry.

Congratulations to RICHARD SIKEN and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI, finalists for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry!

Forthcoming April 28: TREAD UPON by CHRISTOPHER KONDRICH! In today's #coverfeature, KONDRICH tells us how his newest collection's cover art foreshadows the emotional and stylistic sensibilities of the poems within:

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to our fantastic communications intern, Francis! Read her full Q&A at https://bit.ly/4kxLHR3, and don't forget that applications for Copper Canyon Press's Fall 2026 internship program open on March 15th!

Forthcoming May 12: ACCIDENTAL DEVOTIONS by KELLI RUSSELL AGODON ( @kelliagodon.bsky.social ). For today's #coverfeature, Kelli describes the felicitous discovery of her latest collection's cover art:

Happy #MeettheIntern Monday! Today, it's our pleasure to introduce you to the spectacular Caroline! Read their full 60-second Q&A at: https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09! Interested in interning with Copper Canyon Press? Applications open on March 15th! Learn more at: https://bit.ly/39xP30I!

Forthcoming April 7: CREATURE FEATURE by DEAN YOUNG For this #coverfeature, Dobby Gibson and Matt Hart, friends of DEAN YOUNG, take us behind the cover art of YOUNG'S first posthumous collection:

Out now from the London Review of Books! Stephanie Burt unpacks RICHARD SIKEN'S unconventional path into poetry, the surprising nimbleness of his prose poems, and disability advocacy in I DO KNOW SOME THINGS. Read the full piece at: https://bit.ly/4rv3732

There may be six more weeks of winter ahead, but our Spring/Summer 2026 galleys have arrived, bringing the promise of warm days and illuminating poetry! We can't wait to share these collections with you starting in April. For now, cozy up and browse the full catalog at https://bit.ly/4qXxgIE!

Four brilliant new interns have joined the Copper Canyon Press team! This #MeettheIntern Monday, it's our pleasure to introduce you to Ernie! Read Ernie's full 60-second Q&A at https://bit.ly/3ZR3r09, and stay tuned here to meet each of the spectacular Spring 2026 interns!

Congratulations to U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE, whose collection INTO THE HUSH was named a finalist for the PEN / Jean Stein Book Award! This prestigious award from honors a groundbreaking work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact. A winner will be announced on March 31st!

Congrats to YUKI TANAKA whose debut, CHRONICLE OF DRIFTING (https://bit.ly/4cv9vkE), is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award! A livestreamed reading will take place on March 25th at 6:30 pm ET, followed by an awards ceremony on the 26th. Congrats to all finalists and honorees!

We're delighted to share that KELLI RUSSELL AGODON and KEVIN PRUFER are Guest Poets for this year's Stafford Challenge! The Stafford Challenge invites poets to commit to writing one poem each day for a year. Join the challenge and register for Guest Poets' events at https://bit.ly/4qvyxGw!

Join T.S. Eliot Prize shortlister NATALIE SHAPERO and her fellow honorees for a special livestream reading! SHAPERO is recognized for STAY DEAD, which examines performance, comedy, and despair through the lenses of method acting and abstract expressionism. Watch live via at: https://bit.ly/3ZdwoDi

Next Thursday, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Mandana Chaffa of the National Book Critics Circle for a virtual conversation about poetry in translation—and a chance to learn more about ARTHUR SZE's new book and Laureate project, TRANSIENT WORLDS. Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/4svV3R3

We love this essay by YUKI TANAKA on how translation inspires creativity and makes the familiar seem new. Recalling the surprise of so-called “mistranslations,” Tanaka shows us how the “wrong” word can reveal what the “right” one can’t. Read it now at: shorturl.at/BOOao

Ring in the new year with poetry! Tonight, join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and Simon Ortiz for a free, livestreamed reading from the IAIA campus in Santa Fe! Join the livestream at shorturl.at/Mw2oG! We hope to see you there! . . . #arthursze #poetry #poetlaureate #poetryreading

We highly recommend this brilliant interview with LISA OLSTEIN and Alina Stefanescu from the Poetry Foundation on the archival sources, erasure, and mythology in OLSTEIN’S latest collection, DISTINGUISHED OFFICE OF ECHOES! Read the full piece at shorturl.at/XyBlR

As we look back at 2025, we remember celebrating ARTHUR SZE’s Laureateship, seeing GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI and RICHARD SIKEN recognized as National Book Award finalists, and, most recently, congratulating National Book Critics Circle longlist honorees NATALIE SHAPERO, YUKI TANAKA, and ARTHUR SZE.

Please join us in congratulating YUKI TANAKA, NATALIE SHAPERO, and U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE who are longlist honorees for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry!

Announcing the Copper Canyon Press Spring/Summer 2026 catalog!

Announcing U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE’s newest collection: TRANSIENT WORLDS. Part critical analysis, part writing prompt, TRANSIENT WORLDS invites monolingual and multilingual readers alike to travel 1,500 years of global poetry—and create their own poems inspired by the act of translation.

Last night, U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE delivered his remarkable inaugural reading. His poems called us to dissolve the boundaries we imagine or impose between ourselves and our world. Line by line, ARTHUR's distinctive generosity as poet, translator, and now Poet Laureate unfolded.

Tonight! Join U.S. Poet Laureate ARTHUR SZE and New York State Poet Laureate Kimiko Hahn for Words Bridging Worlds, a not-to-be-missed reading and conversation! Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/4a5esla or join the livestream here: https://bit.ly/4ptqlWO We hope to see you there!

Please join us for Poetry on the Salish Sea, a reading and celebration of Copper Canyon Press hosted by Centrum on December 13th. The extraordinary poets JENNIFER CHANG, LEILA CHATTI, and JENNY GEORGE will grace the Chapel’s stage with readings. Admission is free— donations accepted at the door!

As we enter the second half of #GivingTuesday, we want to thank you for the love you’ve shown to Copper Canyon Press today and throughout 2025 with a poem. Please enjoy this special reading of “One Bright Room” from GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI’s THE NEW ECONOMY at the link here: bit.ly/4pecd3p.

Today is #GivingTuesday, an invitation to embrace our communities, near and far, through acts of generosity. Poets give us the language to endure every heartbreak, savor every celebration, and commemorate all seasons of life—and today, we hope you’ll join #CopperCanyonPress in giving back to them.

We're delighted to share that NATALIE SHAPERO's STAY DEAD and GABRIELLE CALVOCORESSI's THE NEW ECONOMY are among the books NPR loved in 2025! Browse these spectacular collection at https://bit.ly/3julfHb and view the full list at https://n.pr/4oz5sbr!