We’re proud to share that It Was Never Supposed To Be by Ben Kline has been shortlisted for the 2026 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry. Congratulations to all of this year’s incredible shortlisted titles. What an honor to be in such brilliant company:
- Bachelor by Gustavo Hernandez (FlowerSong Press)
- boy maybe: poems by W. J. Lofton (Beacon Press)
- It Was Never Supposed To Be by Ben Kline (Variant Literature)
- Kitchen Hymns by Pádraig Ó Tuama (Copper Canyon Press)
- Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir (Four Way Books)
You can order It Was Never Supposed To Be through Asterism.
