$250
Given by the PSA to honor the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson though not necessarily in her style.
2019 - Sarah Gridley
2018 - Nickole Brown
2017 - Bill Carty
2016 - Kathleen Winter
2015 - Bridget Lowe
2014 - Tom Thompson
2013 - Greg Wrenn
2012 - Jennifer Maier
2011 - Eva Heisler
2010 - Marlene Rosen Fine
2009 - Richard Robbins
2008 - Joanie Mackowski
2007 - James Richardson
2006 - Nicole Cooley
2005 - Lee Upton
2004 - Jason Schneiderman
2003 - Kevin Prufer
2002 - Mary Ann Samyn
2001 - Jan Heller Levi
$500
Established by Jack Stadler, former Treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynn Stadler, for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern.
2019 - Ari Banias
2018 - Sarah Gridley
2017 - Jericho Brown
2016 - James Davis May
2015 - Jenny Browne
2014 - Ari Banias
2013 - Ted Mathys
2012 - Lily Brown
2011 - Darcie Dennigan
2010 - Karla Kelsey
2009 - Melissa Kwasny
2008 - Brian Henry
2007 - Yerra Sugarman
2006 - Rusty Morrison
2005 - G. C. Waldrep
2004 - Fritz Ward
2003 - Lynn Veach Sadler
2002 - Andrew Zawacki
2001 - Angie Estes
2019 - Kelli Russell Agodon
2018 - Kevin Prufer
2017 - Jericho Brown
2016 - Philip Metres
2015 - Julia Alvarez
2014 - Meghan Kemp-Gee
2013 - Micah Bateman
2012 - Greg Wrenn
2011 - Patrick Phillips
2010 - Ira Sadoff
2009 - Susan Kinsolving
2008 - Wayne Miller
2007 - Ed Skoog
2006 - Alice Jones
2005 - Lee Upton
2004 - Carol Ciavonne
2002 - Shira Dentz
2001 - Gary Young
2019 - Cecily Parks
2018 - Molly Spencer
2017 - Hadara Bar-Nadav
2016 - Kaveh Akbar
2015 - Sandra Meek
2014 - David Welch
2013 - Gary Young
2012 - Suji Kwock Kim
2011 - Kerri Webster
2010 - Sandra Stone
2009 - Wayne Miller
2008 - Christina Pugh
2007 - Wayne Miller
2006 - Lynn Knight
2005 - Wayne Miller
2004 - Wayne Miller
2003 - Alan Michael Parker
2002 - Minne Bruce Pratt
2001 - Mary Jane Nealon
$1,000
Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, and the estate of Ellen Lamon Anderson, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry.
2019 - Ari Banias
2018 - Victoria Chang
2017 - Jill Osier
2016 - Jessica Greenbaum
2015 - James Richardson
2014 - Timothy Donnelly
2013 - Elyse Fenton
2012 - Jehanne Dubrow
2011 - Beth Bachmann
2010 - Rebecca Morgan Frank
2009 - Melissa Kwasny
2008 - Natasha Saje
2007 - Rusty Morrison
2006 - G. C. Waldrep
2005 - Mary Jo Bang
2004 - Chana Bloch
2003 - Brian Henry
2002 - Andrew Zawacki
$500
Established by the family and friends of George Bogin for a selection of four or five poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms.
2019 - Sara Henning
2018 - Brian Tierney
2017 - Marie La Viña
2016 - Adam O. Davis
2015 - Dean Rader
2014 - Gary Young
2013 - Paula Bohince
2012 - Suji Kwock Kim
2011 - Suji Kwock Kim
2010 - Sawnie Morris
2009 - Rusty Morrison
2008 - Theresa Sotto
2007 - Wayne Miller
2006 - Kevin Prufer
2005 - G. C. Waldrep
2004 - Kevin Prufer
2003 - Susan Terris
2002 - Kevin Prufer
2001 - Brian Henry
$2,500
Established by the family and friends of Robert H. Winner, whose first book of poems appeared when he was almost fifty years old. This award acknowledges original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book.
2019 - Nancy Chen Long
2018 - Elizabeth Knapp
2017 - Heather Altfeld
2016 - Erin Redfern and Metta Sáma
2015 - Karen Skolfield
2014 - Dore Kiesselbach
2013 - Carol Light
2012 - Lise Goett
2011 - Kathy Nilsson
2010 - Leslie Williams
2009 - Eliot Khalil Wilson
2008 - Jocelyn Emerson
2007 - Charlene Fix
2006 - Daneen Wardrop
2005 - Julie Sheehan
2004 - John McKernan
2002 - Margo Berdeshevsky
Endowed under the wills of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne, this prize is awarded for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States.
2019 - Vitoria Perez
2018 - Emily Tian
2017 - Aly Bishop
2016 - Aidan Forster
2015 - Brynne Rebele-Henry
2014 - Helen Ross
2013 - Lizza Rodriguez
2012 - Natalie Richardson
2011 - Clara Fannjiang
2010 - Liya Person-Rechtman
2009 - Grace Dunham
2008 - Carey Powers
2007 - Laura Ruffino
2006 - Katherine Browning
2005 - Paul Hendricks
2004 - Zachary Hertz
2003 - Hannah Jones
2002 - Julia Friedlander
2001 - Margaret Wohl
Established by the family and friends of Norma Farber, poet and author of children's books, for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition.
2019 - Anna Maria Hong
2018 - Eve L. Ewing
2017 - Vincent Toro
2016 - Magdalena Zurawski
2015 - Cathy Linh Che
2014 - r. erica doyle
2013 - Nick Twemlow
2012 - Emily Kendal Frey
2011 - John Beer
2010 - Scott Coffel
2009 - Richard Deming
2008 - Catherine Imbriglio
2007 - Kate Colby
2006 - Cammy Thomas
2005 - Karen An-hwei Lee
2004 - Brenda Coultas
2003 - Sean Singer
2002 - Jennifer Michael Hecht
2001 - V. Penelope Pelizzon
Endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet and author of short stories and former vice-president of the PSA, for a book of poetry written by a single author who is a permanent resident of the United States. The book must be published by a small press, non-profit, or university press in a standard edition.
2019 - G.C. Waldrep
2018 - Jennifer Chang
2017 - Monica Youn
2016 - Brandon Shimoda
2015 - Jennifer Moxley
2014 - Ron Padgett
2013 - Naomi Replansky
2012 - Bruce Smith
2011 - Mary Ruefle
2010 - Eleanor Ross Taylor
2009 - Linda Gregg
2008 - Aram Saroyan
2007 - Matthew Zapruder
2006 - Brenda Hillman
2005 - Anne Winters
2004 - Anthony Butts
2003 - Gary Young
2002 - Li-Young Lee
2001 - Ralph J. Mills