Sam Witt

Sam Witt (born 1970) is an American poet and tenured English professor who currently lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Life Witt was born in Wimbledon, England and served as Jaded Ibis Press poetry editor until its asset sale in January 2016.

Books and awards

Sam Witt's first book, Everlasting Quail, was selected by judge Carol Frost for the Katharine Bakeless Nason Poetry Prize given by the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference run by Middlebury College. His second book, Sunflower Brother, was awarded the Open Competition from the Cleveland State University Poetry Center and was published in 2006 by Cleveland State University Press. Witt won the Dana Award for poetry in 2005. Sam Witt's work has been awarded a number of different awards since then, including: the Meridian Editors' Poetry Prize, 2008; the Briar Cliff Review Poetry Prize, 2008 for "Occupation: Dreamland;" and the Cultural Center of Cape Cod National Poetry Award, for "Dirge for the White Birds. . . ." "The Overburden in Hawktime" was chosen by poet Nicky Beer as the winner of the 2012 Pinch Literary Award for Poetry.

Witt's third book of poems, "Little Domesday Clock" was selected for publication in 2017 as a part of the Carolina Wren Press Poetry Series.

Poetry Witt, Sam. (2001). Everlasting Quail. University Press of New England. Witt, Sam. (2007). Sunflower Brother. Cleveland State University Poetry Center. Witt, Sam. (2017). Little Domesday Clock. The Carolina Wren Press Poetry Series.