Zócalo Poetry Prize

Announcing the 10th Annual Zócalo Poetry Prize Honorable Mentions

Our Favorite Poems About Place Search for Home, for Meaning, for Companionship, and for the Past

Announcing the 10th Annual Zócalo Poetry Prize Honorable Mentions | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

For ten years, the Zócalo Poetry Prize has recognized the U.S. poem that best evokes a connection to place. Thanks to Tim Disney’s generous sponsorship of our 2021 Book and Poetry Prizes, this year, for the first time, we are thrilled to honor five additional poets with honorable mention awards. Sophia Chong, Ernesto L. Abeytia, Ross White, Sophie Klahr, and LeConté Dill were chosen by Zócalo’s poetry editor, Connie Voisine, and our panel of judges: Arizona poet laureate Alberto Ríos, Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for International Affairs Nina L. Hachigian, …

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Angelica Esquivel Wins Zócalo’s 10th Annual Poetry Prize | Zocalo Public Square • Arizona State University • Smithsonian

Angelica Esquivel Wins Zócalo’s 10th Annual Poetry Prize

In ‘La Mujer,’ a Silver-Haired Believer Bridges a Generational and Cultural Gap

Interview by Kelsey Schoenberg |

Each year for the past decade, the Zócalo Poetry Prize has been awarded to the U.S. poem that best evokes a connection to place.

The power of this concept to unite …

Erica Goss Wins Zócalo’s Eighth Annual Poetry Prize

Driving Through The State of Jefferson, a Land of ‘Few People and a Few Million Cows’

Every Friday at Zócalo Public Square we publish a new poem. Our daily ideas journalism and free public events aim to connect people and ideas, exploring our shared human condition …

Charles Jensen Wins Zócalo’s Seventh Annual Poetry Prize

In ‘Tucson’, the Clouds Have Hands, a Snake Writes Cursive, and the Tree Has Arms

Zócalo Public Square’s daily ideas journalism and free public events aim to connect people and ideas, exploring our shared human condition and the world we’ve made. In that spirit, we …

The Best of the Verse

Massachusetts Poet Jody Zorgdrager is the Winner of the First Annual Zócalo Poetry Prize

Poetry has been a key element in Zócalo’s eclectic blend since we first began publishing in 2008. We were delighted to find ourselves building a literary space for both established …

We’re Launching a Poetry Prize!

Building Community Through Books, Poetry and Essays

Strengthening our commitment to inspiring new thinking on the meaning of community and place, Zócalo Public Square is pleased to announce the launch of our first annual poetry prize, which …


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