Celebrate literary excellence and community spirit!
The gala promises an enchanting experience, featuring remarks from NMBA President Anna Sochocky, a special appearance by Arthur Sze, and the presentation of the Southwest Book Design and Production Awards.
Details
When: Friday, August 28, 2026 | 5.30 PM - 8.30 PM
Where: Santa Fe Las Campanas, Club Room
What to expect:
Drinks: Available at the bar
Dress code: Santa Fe Dressy Casual
Parking: There is plenty of available parking at Las Campanas.
Where: Santa Fe Las Campanas, Club Room
What to expect:
- Special guest Arthur Sze, 25th Poet Laureate of the United States
- Winners of our Southwest Book Design and Production Awards (SWBDA)
- Collected Works Bookstore will be on hand to sell books by Arthur Sze.
Drinks: Available at the bar
Dress code: Santa Fe Dressy Casual
Parking: There is plenty of available parking at Las Campanas.
Images from the 2023 Gala
Special Guest Arthur SzeArthur Sze is a poet, translator, and editor, and in 2025 he was named the 25th Poet Laureate of the United States. He is the author of twelve books of poetry, including Into the Hush (2025) and The White Orchard: Selected Interviews, Essays, and Poems (2025) among others. His poetry has been translated into fifteen languages, including Chinese, Dutch, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Sze received the 2025 Bollingen Prize for lifetime achievement in American poetry, the 2024 Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry, 2024 National Book Foundation Science + Literature award, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, the Jackson Poetry Prize, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship, among others. A chancellor emeritus of the Academy of American Poets and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the 2023–2024 Mohr Visiting Poet at Stanford University. Professor emeritus at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), Sze was the first poet laureate of Santa Fe, where he lives with his wife, the poet Carol Moldaw.
Learn more about Arthur Sze at https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/arthur-sze/ |
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Introduction to U.S Poet Laureate Arthur Sze
Tickets
Tickets are $80 per person.
This event has sold out in the past; please be sure to purchase your tickets soon if you'd like to attend.
We know plans can change and thus we urge you to let us know of any changes to your attendance status, as soon as possible. We will be happy to refund your payment and make room for others on the waitlist to attend.
For questions, email [email protected].
This event has sold out in the past; please be sure to purchase your tickets soon if you'd like to attend.
We know plans can change and thus we urge you to let us know of any changes to your attendance status, as soon as possible. We will be happy to refund your payment and make room for others on the waitlist to attend.
For questions, email [email protected].
Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities
The Club at Las Campanas
Directions to Las Campanas Clubhouse
132 Clubhouse Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506
Travel North on US 84/285 toward Opera. Exit onto 599 West (Relief Route) and go about 3 miles to Camino La Tierra exit on your right.
At stop sign turn right and go 2.2 miles to fork; veer right onto Las Campanas Drive and go .2 miles to another fork.
Stay left on Las Campanas Drive for another 1 ½ miles to Clubhouse main gate on right.
Stop at gate and tell guard where you are going, then go about 1 ½ miles on Clubhouse Drive to Clubhouse, passing tennis courts and Fitness Center on your right.
WARNING: IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE MAIN GATE ON CLUBHOUSE DRIVE BECAUSE IT'S STAFFED 24/7. SOMETIMES GPS TAKES DRIVERS TO A GATE OFF CAMINO LA TIERRA, WHICH IS NOT STAFFED TO LET PEOPLE IN.
132 Clubhouse Drive
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87506
Travel North on US 84/285 toward Opera. Exit onto 599 West (Relief Route) and go about 3 miles to Camino La Tierra exit on your right.
At stop sign turn right and go 2.2 miles to fork; veer right onto Las Campanas Drive and go .2 miles to another fork.
Stay left on Las Campanas Drive for another 1 ½ miles to Clubhouse main gate on right.
Stop at gate and tell guard where you are going, then go about 1 ½ miles on Clubhouse Drive to Clubhouse, passing tennis courts and Fitness Center on your right.
WARNING: IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE MAIN GATE ON CLUBHOUSE DRIVE BECAUSE IT'S STAFFED 24/7. SOMETIMES GPS TAKES DRIVERS TO A GATE OFF CAMINO LA TIERRA, WHICH IS NOT STAFFED TO LET PEOPLE IN.
