Poets' Prize

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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.[1] The founders of the prize were Robert McDowell, Frederick Morgan, and Louis Simpson.[2] The prize is presently (2007) administered by the Poetry Center at West Chester University.

[edit] 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).


[edit] References

  1. ^ "University of Arkansas Press Poet Wins the Poets' Prize," University of Arkansas Daily Headlines, February 20, 2002; retrieved July 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "This year the Poets' Prize goes to....," Choriamb: Poetry News and Reviews , April 20, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007.

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