Here’s the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry.

Today, the National Book Foundation announced the longlist for the 2026 National Book Award for Poetry. These ten titles were selected from a pool of 285 books submitted for consideration by their publishers. This year’s judges for Poetry are Rob Arnold, Aracelis Girmay (Chair), Jon Pineda, Roger Reeves, and Rosanna Warren.

The finalists in all categories will be announced on Tuesday, October 6, and the winners revealed at the 77th National Book Awards Ceremony on November 18. In the meantime, here’s the 2026 Poetry longlist: Victoria Chang, Tree of Knowledge Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers Brenda Hillman, Still House in the Desert: An eco-contemplation Wesleyan University Press Richie Hofmann, The Bronze Arms Knopf / Penguin Random House Fady Joudah, Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza Milkweed Editions Jonah Mixon-Webster, Promise/Threat Knopf / Penguin Random House Jake Rose, JOAN University of Chicago Press Susan Stewart, Bramble University of Chicago Press