Tyree Daye

Beowulf Sheehan

Tyree Daye is a poet from Youngsville, North Carolina. He is the author of two poetry collections, including River Hymns, the 2017 APR/Honickman First Book Prize winner. Daye is a 2017 Ruth Lilly Finalist and Cave Canem fellow. Daye’s work has been published in Prairie Schooner, The New York Times, and Nashville Review. Daye won the 2019 Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship, 2019 Diana and Simon Raab Writer-In-Residence at UC Santa Barbara and is a 2019 Kate Tufts Finalist. Daye most recently was awarded a 2019 Whiting  Award and a 2019 Ragin Rubin Award winner.

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Books by this author

Awards and Honors

Whiting Award, 2019

Ragin Rubin Award, 2019

Palm Beach Poetry Festival Langston Hughes Fellowship, 2019

Finalist, Kate Tufts Discovery Award, 2019

APR/Honickman First Book Prize, 2017

Finalist, Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, 2017

Cave Canem Fellowship, 2017