Category Archives: Poetry
2025 Ethnographic Poetry Prize Open
The 2025 competition is now open. We look forward to reading your poems! Call for Submissions
2024 Ethnographic Poetry Competition is now open!
The 2023 competition is now open. We look forward to reading your stories! Call for Submissions
2023 Winners of the Ethnographic Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic poetry competition 1st prize was awarded to: Debra Vidali (“Two Row Repair II and Two Row Repair III”) 2nd prize was awarded to: Yixuan Wang (“A Cootie Catcher to … Continue reading
2023 Ethnographic Poetry Prize: Judges Report
Prize Committee: Susan Wardell, Abigail Chabitnoy, and Kali Rubaii This year we were honoured to read ethnographic poetry submissions from 34 people, all around the world. As per the competition rules, these people were able to submit between 1 and … Continue reading
2022 Ethnographic Poetry Prize: Judges Report
Prize Committee: Susan Wardell, Ather Zia, Justin D. Wright The field of ethnographic poetry has a rich history, and the SHA ethnographic poetry prize, founded in 1986, has been a significant part of this: it’s goal being to support and … Continue reading
2022 Winners of the Ethnographic Poetry Prize
We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic poetry competition 1st prize was awarded to: Khando Langri (“I sing the body ethnographic”) 2nd prize was awarded to: Kali Rubaii (“Homelanding”, set of 3 poems) 3rd prize was … Continue reading
2022 Poetry Competition is now open
See our Call for Submissions. Deadline is June 10, 2022
Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: A Workshop Summary
Susan Wardell Poetry, like ethnography, is about listening with the whole self. This was the focus of a workshop in January 2022, run in association with the SHA. The workshop, entitled “Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: the personal, the sensory, the … Continue reading
Anthropology & Humanism: Call for Applications for Poetry Editor
We invite proposals from members or prospective members of the Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) to serve as Poetry Editor for Anthropology & Humanism. Applications should be sent to Katrina Daly Thompson, Editor-in-Chief of Anthropology & Humanism (katrina.daly.thompson@wisc.edu). The position … Continue reading
2021 Ethnographic Poetry Competition is now open!
See our Call for Submissions. Deadline is June 10, 2021
