Yalie Saweda Kamara

Select Awards & recognitions

• Winner of the 2023 Jake Adam York Prize, selected by Amaud Jamaul Johnson   

• A Finalist for the 2025 Firecracker Literary Award, The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses     

• Spotlighted in "The Luminous Life: Our Twentieth Annual Look at Debut Poets” Poets & Writers   

• Noted in “Newly Published” column, The New York Times Review of Books (print)

• Starred audiobook review from Library Journal 

• Honored in Brittle Paper’s feature “100 Notable African Books of 2024”     

• Honored in Open Country Magazine’s feature “60 Notable Books of 2024”

• Honored in Debutiful’s feature “Best Debut Poetry of 2024”

• Honored in Ms. Magazine’s feature “Reads for the Rest of Us: The Best Poetry of ’23-’24”