Sasha Debevec-McKenney
Sasha Debevec-McKenney is an American poet. Her debut poetry collection, Joy Is My Middle Name, was published in 2025 and won the 2026 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.[1] She previously won the Poetry Society's Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2024.[2]
Career
Debevec-McKenney was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She received an MFA from New York University. She later held the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin and was a creative writing fellow at Emory University.[3] Her poetry has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books and The Yale Review.[4]
Awards
She won the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2024 for I Went Out to See All The Downed Trees.[5][6] Two years later, Joy Is My Middle Name won the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize.[7]
References
- ↑ Loffhagen, Emma (15 May 2026). "American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'blistering' debut poetry collection". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "American poet Sasha Debevec-Mckenney wins Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize with Joy Is My Middle Name". Swansea University. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ "Sasha Debevec-McKenney - Department of Writing - Grand Valley State University". www.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Akoto, Eric (2026-05-18). "Sasha Debevec-McKenney on Joy Is My Middle Name and the Dylan Thomas Prize". Litro Magazine. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Apr 23 2026, Christina Murphy |. "Environmental Poetry to Read This Spring". University Observer. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "2024". The Poetry Society. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Loffhagen, Emma (2026-05-14). "American poet Sasha Debevec-McKenney wins Dylan Thomas prize for 'blistering' debut poetry collection". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-08-10.