Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album
Awarded for	Quality spoken word poetry recordings
Presented by	National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
First awarded	2023
Currently held by	J. Ivy - The Light Inside
Website	grammy.com

The Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album is a category in the annual Grammy Awards, that was first presented at the 2023 show on February 5, 2023.

Criteria

According to the Recording Academy, this new category "recognizes excellence in spoken word albums specific to the performance of poetry with or without music."

History

Up to and including the 64th Grammy Awards, all spoken word recordings fell under one category, the Best Spoken Word Album. As of 2023, the Spoken Word category has been renamed Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording. This category recognizes excellence in spoken word albums, but no longer includes spoken word poetry.

Recipients

Two-time winner J. Ivy, performing in 2012

Year[I]	Recipient(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
2023	J. Ivy	The Poet Who Sat By the Door	Ethelbert Miller – Black Men Are Precious Amanda Gorman – Call Us What We Carry: Poems Malcolm-Jamal Warner – Hiding in Plain View Amir Sulaiman – You Will Be Someone's Ancestor. Act Accordingly.
2024	J. Ivy	The Light Inside	Queen Sheba – A - You're Not Wrong B- They're Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited Prentice Powell & Shawn William – For Your Consideration'24 - The Album Kevin Powell – Grocery Shopping With My Mother Aja Monet – When The Poems Do What They Do
2025	TBA	TBA	Civil Writes: The South Got Something to Say – Queen Sheba Concrete & Whiskey Act II Part 1: A Bourbon 30 Series – Omari Hardwick Good M.U.S.I.C. Universe Sonic Sinema Episode 1: In the Beginning Was the Word – Malik Yusef The Heart, The Mind, The Soul – Tank and the Bangas The Seven Number Ones – Mad Skillz

^{^[I]} Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year.