Selected by Richie Hofmann
Awards
Award Winners
Individual Awards
2024
Lyric Poetry Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Paying Old Hopes
Cindy Juyoung Ok
Selected by Sandra Lim
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
ode to nas, ode to the cousin the cousin of death
Trace Howard DePass
Finalists
Brian Blanchfield
Andrea Jurjević
Claire Wahmanholm
Selected by Tawanda Mulalu
2023
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Salt for the Table, Steam for the Air
David Gorin
Selected by Hadara Bar-Nadav
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Natalie Shapero
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Danse Printemps et Quarantaine
Iain Haley Pollock
Finalists
Deborah Paredez
Paul Tran
Selected by Wayne Miller
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Jennifer Elise Foerster
George Bogin Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Selected by Nuar Alsadir
Lyric Poetry Award
From the Blue Dusk Suddenly
Casey Thayer
Selected by Sherwin Bitsui
2022
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
Naming the Silences in the Mouth
Ina Cariño
Selected by Mai Der Vang
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Walk on the Cliff at Pourville
Allison Benis White
Selected by Cameron Awkward-Rich
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Finalists
Deborah Landau
Joy Priest
Alina Stefanescu
Selected by Major Jackson
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Ana Castillo
Lyric Poetry Award
Selected by Solmaz Sharif
2021
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
A Brief Eschatological Investigation
Erika Meitner
Selected by Martha Collins
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Noise Cancelling
Devon Walker-Figueroa
Selected by Amit Majmudar
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Moon. Eleanor Eleanor. Oil on canvas. 2018
Kathryn Cowles
Selected by Elisa Gabbert
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Selected by Deborah Paredez
George Bogin Memorial Award
Selected by Shane McCrae
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Little Deprivation in the Big North Woods
Melissa Crowe
Selected by Heid E. Erdrich
Lyric Poetry Award
2020
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
The Goddess of Cleaning
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Selected by Ray Gonzalez
George Bogin Memorial Award
an excerpt from To Red Dust (II)
JinJin Xu
Finalists
Teri Ellen Cross Davis
Julia Guez
Helena Mesa
Elizabeth Scanlon
Selected by Carrie Fountain
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Reading Emily Dickinson in Amherst Massachusetts
David Keplinger
Selected by Jos Charles
Lyric Poetry Award
The Empire of Light
Michael Dumanis
Selected by Hanif Abdurraqib
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Migration Patterns
Melissa Studdard
Selected by Ruth Ellen Kocher
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
2019
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lyric Poetry Award
At Times My Body Leans Toward Loss
Kelli Russell Agodon
Finalist
Michael Dumanis
Selected by Ilya Kaminsky
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
ONCE, I PRAYED IN THE WATER
Sara Henning
Selected by Khaled Mattawa
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Selected by Patricia Spears Jones
2018
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Finalists
Rae Armantrout
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
selected by Lynn Melnick
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lyric Poetry Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Interior with a Woman Peeling Oranges, Snapping Beans
Molly Spencer
Finalists
Benjamin Paloff
Kevin Prufer
Selected by Maggie Smith
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
All Stars Are Lights, Not All Lights Are Stars
Brian Tierney
Finalists
Catherine Imbriglio
Cate Lycurgus
Selected by Daniel Borzutzky
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Fourth of July
Elizabeth Knapp
Selected by Airea D. Matthews
2017
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lyric Poetry Award
As a Human Being
Jericho Brown
Finalists
Catherine Imbriglio
Christina Pugh
Selected by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
George Bogin Memorial Award
Finalists
Beth Bachmann
Kai Carlson-Wee
Aidan Forster
Brian Tierney
Selected by Victoria Redel
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Dress (Aurora Borealis)
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Selected by Francisco Aragón
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by Donald Revell
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
an excerpt from 903
Heather Altfeld
Finalists
Elizabeth Jacobson
Taije Silverman
Selected by Fred Marchant
2016
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
The Porch Roof's Sky Blue Ceiling
Kathleen Winter
Selected by Carmen Giménez Smith
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Laura Kasischke
Lyric Poetry Award
Devotional (after a Muslim Prayer)
Philip Metres
Selected by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
I Love You More than All the Windows in New York City
Jessica Greenbaum
Finalists
Michael Dumanis
James Haug
Selected by Elaine Equi
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Yona Harvey
George Bogin Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
2015
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Lyric Poetry Award
Selected by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Look for Raven Pairs Flying in a Pre-Mating Ritual
Karen Skolfield
Finalists
J. C. Todd
Jonathan Weinert
Selected by Alan Shapiro
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Orycteropus afer (Antbear), Kalahari
Sandra Meek
Finalists
Adam O. Davis
Sara Henning
Selected by Fady Joudah
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
The People Who Feel No Pain
Jenny Browne
Finalists
Dean Rader
Rob Schlegel
Mitchell Untch
Selected by Rachel Zucker
2014
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
We grew up hearing war stories
Gary Young
Finalists
Meena Alexander
Jane Wong
Selected by Jessica Greenbaum
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Lyric Poetry Award
2013
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Vikings Did Not Have Horns On Their Helmets
Ted Mathys
Selected by Alice Notely
Lyric Poetry Award
Poem Half Aubade Half Nocturne
Micah Bateman
Finalists
Bruce Bond
Andrea Carter Brown
Selected by Carolyne Wright
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Because I didn't speak Japanese
Gary Young
Finalists
Bruce Bond
Diana Khoi Nguyen
Selected by Patricia Smith
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
George Bogin Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
2012
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Selected by Phillip Levin
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lyric Poetry Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
A GROUNDING FOR THE METAPHYSICS OF MORALS
Jehanne Dubrow
Finalists
Sophie Cabot Black
Wayne Miller
Kevin Prufer
Selected by Claudia Rankine
George Bogin Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl
Lise Goett
Selected by Toi Derricotte
2011
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
THE CENTER OF WORTHWHILE THINGS
Darcie Dennigan
Finalists
Heather Green
Peter Jay Shippy
Selected by Susan Wheeler
Lyric Poetry Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
THE BOOK OF MATTHEW
Kerri Webster
Selected by Nikky Finney
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Finalists
Lily Brown
Liz Countryman
Allison Benis White
Selected by Elizabeth Willis
George Bogin Memorial Award
AT THE IMPERIAL PALACE
Suji Kwock Kim
Finalists
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Rebecca Morgan Frank
Leslie Williams
Selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
IN THE BEGINNING
Kathy Nilsson
Selected by Timothy Donnelly
2010
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
LOVE CONTINUES IN THE BODY
Marlene Rosen Fine
Selected by Marie Ponsot
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Forrest Gander
Lyric Poetry Award
Selected by Meghan O'Rourke
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Julian Felipe Herrera
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
JURAMENTADO
Rebecca Morgan Frank
Selected by Marilyn Hacker
George Bogin Memorial Award
Cochiti Lake, 1989
Sawnie Morris
Selected by Hettie Jones
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
IN ME AS THE SWANS
Leslie Williams
Selected by David St. John
2009
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
THE MISSING MAN
Richard Robbins
Selected by Graham Foust
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
FROM THE NINE SENSES
Melissa Kwasny
Selected by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Lyric Poetry Award
PARLIAMENT PASSES THE INCLOSING LANDS ACT, 1809
Susan Kinsolving
Selected by Lucie Brock-Broido
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
A PRAYER (O CITY— )
Wayne Miller
Selected by Elizabeth Alexander
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
PICTOGRAPH: BIZARRE ANTHROPOMORPH, OFTEN WITH INTERIOR BODY DECORATIONS
Melissa Kwasny
Selected by Ed Roberson
George Bogin Memorial Award
ASSEMBLED FROM THE SCRIPT: BATAILLE
Rusty Morrison
Selected by John Yau
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
THE TAILOR OF AL HAMDANIYAH
Eliot Khalil Wilson
Selected by Henri Cole
2008
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
LIGHTNING EASED: DREAM
Joanie Mackowski
Selected by Donald Revell
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Norma Cole
Lyric Poetry Award
[THE CHILD"S CRY IS A LIGHT THAT COMES ON IN THE HOUSE,]
Wayne Miller
Selected by Elizabeth Macklin
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Timothy Donnelly
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by Dean Young
George Bogin Memorial Award
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET
Theresa Sotto
Selected by Prageeta Sharma
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
THE BEAN FIELD
Jocelyn Emerson
Selected by Annie Finch
2007
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
James Richardson
Selected by Matthea Harvey
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
FROM JOURNAL: RAI'UT COMA WARD, TEL AVIV-YAFFO, JULY 2003
Yerra Sugarman
Selected by Michael Palmer
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
AMERICAN NOCTURNE
Wayne Miller
Selected by Tracy K. Smith
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
PLEASE ADVICE STOP
Rusty Morrison
Selected by Susan Howe
George Bogin Memorial Award
THE ASSASSINATION LECTURE
Wayne Miller
Selected by Eleni Sikelianos
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
FRANKENSTEIN'S FLOWERS
Charlene Fix
Selected by Eleanor Wilner
2006
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
IN THE ANATOMICAL MUSEUM
Nicole Cooley
Selected by Gerald Stern
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
FROM SKY CLUTCHES ANY STRONG BEAT
Rusty Morrison
Selected by Cal Bedient
Lyric Poetry Award
Selected by Toi Derricotte
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Grace Schulman
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
WHO IS JOSQUIN DES PREZ
G. C. Waldrep
Selected by Forrest Gander
George Bogin Memorial Award
Selected by Marie Howe
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Selected by Jean Valentine
2005
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
DICKINSON'S DAY LILIES
Lee Upton
Selected by Mark Doty
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Every Apple, Every Dreamer, Every Prime
G. C. Waldrep
Selected by Alice Notley
Lyric Poetry Award
AND THOUGH SHE BE BUT LITTLE, SHE IS FIERCE
Lee Upton
Selected by Susan Wheeler
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
THE BOOK OF PROPS
Wayne Miller
Selected by Vijay Seshadri
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by Fanny Howe
George Bogin Memorial Award
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
Selected by Sharon Olds
2004
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
LAMENTATION
Jason Schneiderman
Selected by Jane Mead
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
POSTCARDS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE
Fritz Ward
Selected by Susan Stewart
Lyric Poetry Award
ascension in the initial v
Carol Ciavonne
Selected by D. A. Powell
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Terrance Hayes
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by Jane Hirschfield
George Bogin Memorial Award
Selected by Tory Dent
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
THE SHADOW BENEATH MY CORPSE IS ALWAYS
John McKernan
Selected by Linda Gregg
2003
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
Selected by Marilyn Chin
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
Selected by Katha Pollitt
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by Caroline Knox
George Bogin Memorial Award
OLD GIRL: SELF-PORTRAIT IN WOOL
Susan Terris
Selected by Sonia Sanchez
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
TRISTAN & ISOLDE: THE 1981 SEATTLE OPERA POSTER
John Glowney
HISTORY OF EXPRESSION
Rusty Morrison
Selected by Ron Padgett
2002
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
THE BEAUTY ZONE
Mary Ann Samyn
Selected by Alice Fulton
Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
Selected by Wayne Koestenbaum
Lyric Poetry Award
Selected by Mark Levine
Lucille Medwick Memorial Award
PICKING UP A JOB APPLICATION
Minne Bruce Pratt
Selected by Cornelius Eady
Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award
Selected by C. D. Wright
George Bogin Memorial Award
Selected by Jill Bialosky
Robert H. Winner Memorial Award
THIS SENTENCE
Margo Berdeshevsky
Selected by Marie Ponsot