James Laughlin Award

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The James Laughlin Award is given annually by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a poet's second published book. It was named the Lamont Poetry Prize until 1995.

The award is named in honor of James Laughlin, who founded New Directions in 1936. The award has been given since 1954, and was endowed in 1995 by a gift from the Drue Heinz Trust. It carries a cash prize of $5,000.

Past winners include Donald Justice, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, X.J. Kennedy and Donald Hall.

[edit] Winners

Year	Poet	Book	Judges
2007	Brenda Shaughnessy	Human Dark with Sugar	Peter Gizzi, Matthea Harvey, Caroline Knox
2006	Tracy K. Smith	Duende	Elizabeth Alexander, Kimiko Hahn, Terrance Hayes
2005	Barbara Jane Reyes	Poeta en San Francisco	James Longenbach, Susan Stewart, Elizabeth Alexander
2004	Jeff Clark (poet)	Music and Suicide	Elizabeth Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, Susan Stewart
2003	Vijay Seshadri	The Long Meadow	Mary Jo Bang, Thom Gunn, Campbell McGrath
2002	Karen Volkman	Spar	Mary Jo Bang, Daniel Hall, Campbell McGrath
2001	Peter Johnson	Miracles & Mortifications	Daniel Hall, Campbell McGrath, Marilyn Nelson
2000	Liz Waldner	A Point Is That Which Has No Part	Agha Shahid Ali, Lynn Emanuel, Marilyn Nelson
1999	Tory Dent	HIV, Mon Amour	Lynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson
1998	Sandra Alcosser	Except by Nature	Lynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, David St. John
1997	Tony Hoagland	Donkey Gospel	Yusef Komunyakaa, Heather McHugh, William Matthews