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Shari Daya’s and Lucienne Argent’s debut collections shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2026

The shortlist for the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2026 has been announced and we are thrilled that Shari Daya’s Land | Lines and Lucienne Argent’s Self-Portrait of a Guava have been nominated. Congratulations to the two of them and all other shortlisted poets!

The shortlist for 2026:

Lucienne Argent, Self-Portrait of a Guava (Karavan Press)

Shari Daya, Land | Lines  (Karavan Press)

Zeenit Saban-Jacobs, Inside an Eyeball (Botsotso Publishing)

Siphokazi Jonas, Weeping Becomes a River (Penguin)

Frank Meintjies, A Place to Night In (Botsotso Publishing)

Sarah Uheida, Not This Tender (Dryad Press)

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Slaughterhouse by Melissa Sussens shortlisted for the Ingrid Jonker Prize

The following collections of poetry were selected by the judges to be on the shortlist of the Ingrid Jonker Prize 2024 – in alphabetical order:

  • Sarah Lubala – A History of Disappearance
  • Irya EM Maharaj – Earth Circuit
  • Sizakele Nkosi – unGrand Malume
  • Caitlin Stobie – Thin Slices
  • Melissa Sussens – Slaughterhouse

Congratulations to all shortlisted poets! A special note of appreciation to Melissa Sussens – thank you for publishing your stunning debut collection with Karavan Press!