Discipline: Poetry
Based In: New York, NY
Year at Millay: 1998
Awards/Honors: Finalist, Poetry, The Governor General’s Literary Awards, Canada Council for the Arts (2024); Longlist, CBC Nonfiction Prize, CBC Literary Prizes (2018); Scholar, Theodore Morrison Scholar in Poetry, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury, Middlebury, VT (2004); Finalist, Members’ Choice Award, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, New York, NY (2003); Artist-in-Residence, Writing Residency Program, Lannan Foundation, Marfa, TX (2003); Finalist, PEN Open Book Award (2002); Winner, Chapbook Competition, Tupelo Press, North Adams, MA (2002); Fellow, Gerald Freund Fellowship, Macdowell, Peterborough, NH (2000, 1997); Winner, Poetry, The Pushcart Prize (1997).
Website: https://barbaratran.com
Barbara Tran authored the titular character’s narration of Madame Pirate: Becoming a Legend, a short virtual reality film, which was nominated for Best VR Story at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Her debut poetry book, Precedented Parroting, was a selection for the CBC’s Best Canadian Books of 2024 and a finalist for Canada’s 2024 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry.