Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award
The Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award is given "for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States. Teachers or administrators may submit an unlimited number of their students' poems."[1] [1]
The award is endowed under the will of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne.
Each winner receives a $250 prize.[1]
Winners
- 2010: Liya Person-Rechtman, Judge: Arda Collins
- 2009: Grace Dunham, Judge: Matthew Rohrer
- 2008: Carey Powers, Judge: David Roderick
- 2007: Laura Ruffino, Judge: Thomas Sayers Ellis
- 2006: Katherine Browning, Judge: Prageeta Sharma
- 2005: Paul Hendricks, Judge: Major Jackson
- 2004: Zachary Hertz, Judge: Brian Henry
- 2003: Hannah Jones, Judge: Brenda Shaugnessy
- 2002: Julia Friedlander, Judge: Timothy Liu
- 2001: Margaret Wohl
- 2000: Michael Ward, Judge: Elizabeth Alexander
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines" Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America, accessed December18, 2006
See also
- Poetry Society of America
- List of American literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry