Achievements

Associate Professor Kim Chinquee's prose poetry collection, Contact with the Wild  (MadHat Press, 2025), is a finalist for the 2025 Big Other Readers' Choice Award (https://bigother.com/2026/05/04/announcing-the-finalists-for-the-2025-big-other-readers-choice-award/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRlvBZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe36ATSk3PCBc_tkRyRRFVzXRw0fcocBp5AVHwbqYhux2Y-XQGtFwnW92DS4s_aem_FKEZMw4u6fNvCVJldzxnkQ) alongside writers Joy Williams, Norman Lock, Amber Sparks, Robert Lopez, Molly Gaudry, Marc Vincenz, and others. Writers receiving Honorable Mention include Lydia Davis, Karen Bender, Mark Doten, Geoffrey Gatza, Caroline Hagood, Adam Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, Lydia Millet, Ed Park, Karen Russell, Terese Svoboda, and more. The winner will be announced at the 2025 Big Other Book Awards Ceremony later this year.