Winter earns National Poetry Series award

Ava Winter, lecturer in and alum of the Department of English, is a winner of the National Poetry Series (NPS) competition for their debut poetry collection, Playing With The Jew. The book will be published by Milkweed Books in fall 2024.

Winter is the author of a poetry chapbook, Safe House. Their poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in The Baffler, Beloit Poetry Journal, Best New Poets, Poetry International, Room, and TriQuarterly.

NPS is a literary awards program that sponsors the publication of five books of poetry each year. Awardees are selected by poets of national stature.