LENA KHALAF TUFFAHA
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Awards and Recognition

​Winner, 2024 National Book Award for Poetry
Honorable Mention, 2024 Arab American Book Award
Finalist, 2024 Firecracker Award for Poetry
Winner, 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry
Finalist, 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize
Winner, 2020 Best of the Net Nonfiction "Muhammads in Gaza"
Winner, 2019 Robert Watson Literary Prize, "Miss Sahar Listens to Fairuz Sing 'The Bees' Path'"
Recipient, 2019 Artist Trust Fellowship
Winner, 2018 Washington State Book Award for Poetry
Honorable Mention, 2018 Arab American Book Award
Winner, 2016 Two Sylvias Press prize
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  • About
  • Books
    • Something about Living
    • Kaan and Her Sisters
    • Water & Salt
    • Arab in Newsland
    • Letters from the Interior
  • Publications
    • Select Poems >
      • National Book Awards
      • Running Orders
    • Essays & Book Reviews
    • Interviews
    • Blog
  • Events
  • Press
  • Recognition
  • Contact