Poets' Prize

The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate a book and who also serve as judges. The Nicholas Roerich Museum also contributes; the prize includes a trip to New York City, where the winner accepts the award and does a reading at the museum. [ [http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0202&L=daily_headlines&P=1556 "University of Arkansas Press Poet Wins the Poets' Prize,"] "University of Arkansas Daily Headlines", February 20, 2002; retrieved July 23, 2007.] The founders of the prize were Robert McDowell, Frederick Morgan, and Louis Simpson. [ [http://choriamb.livejournal.com/2007/04/20/ "This year the Poets' Prize goes to....,"] "Choriamb: Poetry News and Reviews ", April 20, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007. ] The prize is presently (2007) administered by the [http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry Poetry Center] at West Chester University.

Winners

*2008—A. E. Stallings—"Hapax" (Triquarterly, 2006)
*2007—Brian Turner—"Here Bullet!" (Alice James Books, 2005)
*2006—Catherine Tufariello—"Keeping My Name" (Texas Tech University Press, 2004)
*2005—Robert Wrigley "Lives of the Animals" (Penguin, 2003).
*2004—X. J. Kennedy—"The Lords of Misrule: Poems 1992-2002" (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002)
*2003—Betty Adcock—"Intervale: New and Selected Poems" (Louisiana State University Press, 2001)
*2002—Robert Mezey—"Collected Poems, 1952-1999" (University of Arkansas Press, 2001)
*2001—Philip Booth—"Lifelines: Selected Poems 1950-1999" (Viking Penguin, 1999)
*2000—Wendell Berry—"The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry" (Counterpoint Press, 1998)
*1999—Marilyn Nelson—"The Fields of Praise: New and Selected Poems" (Louisiana State University Press, 1997)
*1998—Sydney Lea—"To the Bone: New and Selected Poems" (Illinois University Press, 1996)
*1998—Leon Stokesbury—"Autumn Rhythm: New and Selected Poems" (University of Arkansas Press, 1996)
*1996—Josephine Jacobsen—"In the Crevice of Time" (Johns Hopkins University, 1995)
*1995—Marilyn Hacker—"Selected Poems 1965-1990" (Norton, 1994)
*1994—Jared Carter—"After the Rain" (Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1993)
*1993—Maxine Kumin—"Looking for Luck" (W. W. Norton and Co., 1992)
*1992—Adrienne Rich—"Atlas of the Difficult World" (W. W. Norton and Co, 1991)
*1991—John Haines—"New Poems: 1980-88"(Story Line Press)
*1991—Mark Jarman—"The Black Riviera" (Wesleyan University Press, 1990)
*1990—Miller Williams—"Living on the Surface" (Louisiana State University, 1989)
*1989—Andrew Hudgins—"After the Lost War: a Narrative" (Houghton-Mifflin, 1988).
*1988—Julia Randall—"Moving in Memory" (Louisiana State University Press, 1987).

References

ee also

*American poetry
*List of poetry awards
*List of literature awards
*List of years in poetry
*List of years in literature