Claire Wahmanholm

Claire Wahmanholm
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (BA)
Johns Hopkins University (MFA)
University of Utah (PhD)

Claire Wahmanholm is an American poet.

Wahmanholm received a BA from University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MFA from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University and a PhD from the University of Utah. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Her poems have appeared in Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series, The Cincinnati Review, The Hopkins Review, Poetry Daily, and TriQuarterly. Her debut poetry collection Wilder (Milkweed Editions, 2018) won the 2018 Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry and the 2018 Society of Midland Authors Award,[1] and was a finalist for the 2019 Minnesota Book Award. Her second book was Redmouth (Tinderbox Editions, 2019). Her most recent book, Meltwater (Milkweed Editions, 2023), was a finalist for the 2024 Minnesota Book Award[2] and the 2024 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award[3], and was a 2025 National Book Foundation Science + Literature selection.[4] Her poem "Glacier" was the winner of the 2022 Montreal International Poetry Prize.[5] She was a 2021 McKnight Artist Fellow.[6]

Bibliography

Poetry collections

  • Wilder. Milkweed Editions. November 13, 2018. ISBN 9781571315069.
  • Redmouth. Tinderbox Editions. October 29, 2019. ISBN 9781943981144.
  • Meltwater. Milkweed Editions. March 14, 2023. ISBN 9781639551019.

Selected anthology appearances

  • Christopher Kondrich; Lucy Spelman; Susan Tacent, eds. (January 21, 2025). Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781517918316.
  • Luisa A. Igloria; Aileen Cassinetto; Jeremy S. Hoffman, eds. (September 15, 2023). Dear Human at the Edge of Time. Paloma Press. ISBN 9781734496543.
  • Lisa Fay Coutley, ed. (February 16, 2024). In The Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy. Black Lawrence Press. ISBN 9781625570666.

Poems

References

  1. ↑ "Past Winners | The Society of Midland Authors". Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  2. ↑ "Minnesota Book Awards Winners & Finalists - The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library". 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Winners & Finalists — Tufts Poetry Awards". Tufts Poetry Awards. Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  4. ↑ Sher, Ira (2025-01-15). "ANNOUNCING THE 2025 SCIENCE + LITERATURE SELECTED TITLES". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  5. ↑ "2022 Competition". Montreal International Poetry Prize. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  6. ↑ "McKnight". The Loft Literary Center. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
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