Portrait of Professor Kale Hensley

Professor Kale Hensley

  • Asst Professor of Instruction at English, College of Liberal Arts

Awards

2026

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Semi-Finalist: Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, Persea Books. 2026
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Elmer Kelton Prize for Poetry, Angelo State University. February 2026

2025

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Semi-Finalist: Bennett Nieberg Transpoetic Broadside Prize, Gasher Press. September 2025
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best of the Net: Poetry, The Hopper. 2025
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best of the Net: Art, The Core Review. 2025
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best of the Net: Poetry, New Delta Review. 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Finalist: 2025 Poetry Chapbook Prize, Gasher Press. December 2025

2024

  • Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Prize, Many Nice Donkeys. November 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Pushcart Prize, The Hopper. November 2024
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Best of the Net: Nonfiction, So to Speak. September 2024

2019

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Fulbright Teaching Scholarship in Latvia, U.S. Department of State. September 2019 - March 2020