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]

Winners

Year Winner Title Judge
2010 Scott Coffel Toucans in the Arctic Edward Hirsch
2009Richard Deming Let’s Not Call It Consequence Martha Ronk
2008Catherine Imbriglio Parts of the Mass Thylias Moss
2007Kate Colby Fruitlands Rosmarie Waldrop
2005Karen An-hwei Lee In Medias Res Cole Swensen [2]
2004Brenda Coultas A Handmade Museum Lyn Hejinian
2003Sean Singer Discography Allen Grossman
2002Jennifer Michael Hecht The Next Ancient World David Lehman
2001V. Penelope Pelizzon Nostos August Kleinzahler
2000Lisa Lubasch How Many More of Them Are You? John Yau
1999Hettie Jones Drive: Poems Naomi Shihab Nye
1998Rebecca Reynolds Daughter of the Hangnail Ann Lauterbach
1997Susan Yuzna Her Slender Dress Michael Weaver
1995Barbara Hamby Delirium[3]
1994Sophie Cabot Black The Misunderstanding of Nature[4]
1993Susan Wheeler Bag O' Diamonds James Tate
1992Timothy Liu Vox Angelica Carolyn Forche
1991Karl Kirchwey A Wandering Island

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Poetry Society of America Web site, Web page titled "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines", accessed October 28, 2006
  2. Sarabande Books Web site > News and Announcements: Recent Honors for Sarabande Titles > accessed October 28, 2006
  3. Web page titled "University of North Texas Press: Award winning titles", accessed October 28, 2006
  4. "Daylong literary fete to feature award-winning poets" article in the Harvard University Gazette, April 4, 2003
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