- Norma Farber First Book Award
-
The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year".[1]
The award was established by the family and friends of the poet and children's book author Norma Farber. "Winning books are distributed to PSA members at the Benefactor level or above," according to the PSA. The award comes with a $500 prize.[1]
Contents
Winners
Year Winner Title Judge 2010 Scott Coffel Toucans in the Arctic Edward Hirsch 2009 Richard Deming Let’s Not Call It Consequence Martha Ronk 2008 Catherine Imbriglio Parts of the Mass Thylias Moss 2007 Kate Colby Fruitlands Rosemarie Waldrop 2005 Karen An-hwei Lee In Medias Res Cole Swensen [2] 2004 Brenda Coultas A Handmade Museum Lyn Hejinian 2003 Sean Singer Discography Allen Grossman 2002 Jennifer Michael Hecht The Next Ancient World David Lehman 2001 V. Penelope Pelizzon Nostos August Kleinzahler 2000 Lisa Lubasch How Many More of Them Are You? John Yau 1999 Hettie Jones Drive: Poems Naomi Shihab Nye 1998 Rebecca Reynolds Daughter of the Hangnail Ann Lauterbach 1997 Susan Yuzna Her Slender Dress Michael Weaver 1995 Barbara Hamby Delirium[3] 1994 Sophie Cabot Black The Misunderstanding of Nature [4] 1993 Susan Wheeler Bag O' Diamonds James Tate 1992 Timothy Liu Vox Angelica Carolyn Forche 1991 Karl Kirchwey A Wandering Island See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
Notes
- ^ a b [1] Poetry Society of America Web site, Web page titled "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines", accessed October 28, 2006
- ^ Sarabande Books Web site > News and Announcements: Recent Honors for Sarabande Titles > accessed October 28, 2006
- ^ [2] Web page titled "University of North Texas Press: Award winning titles", accessed October 28, 2006
- ^ [3]"Daylong literary fete to feature award-winning poets" article in the Harvard University Gazette, April 4, 2003
External links
Categories:- Poetry awards
- First book awards
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.