William Carlos Williams Award Explained
The William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America for a poetry book published by a small press, non-profit, or university press.
The award is endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet and author of short stories and former vice-president of the society.[1] The award is a "purchase prize" of $500 to $1000.
Winners
- 2023 Kathy Fagan, Bad Hobby, Judge: Craig Morgan
- 2022 Patrick Rosal, The Last Thing: New & Selected Poems, Judge: Erika Meitner
- 2021 Khadijah Queen, Anodyne, Judge: Dara Barrois/Dixon
- 2020 Martha Collins, Because What Else Could I Do, Judge: Alice Fulton
- 2019 G. C. Waldrep, feast gently, Judge: Laura Kasischke
- 2018 Jennifer Chang, Some Say the Lark, Judge: Paisley Rekdal
- 2017 Monica Youn, Blackacre, Judge: Robin Coste Lewis
- 2014 Ron Padgett, Collected Poems, Judge: Thomas Lux
- 2013 Naomi Replansky, Collected Poems, Judge: B. H. Fairchild[2]
- 2012 Bruce Smith, Devotions, Judge: Elizabeth Macklin
- 2011 Mary Ruefle, Selected Poems, Judge: Rodney Jones
- 2010 Eleanor Ross Taylor, Captive Voices, Judge: Lynn Emanuel
- 2004 Anthony Butts, Little Low Heaven, Judge: Lucie Brock-Broido
- 2003 Gary Young, No Other Life, Judge: Angela Jackson
- 2002 Li-Young Lee, Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum), Judge: Carolyn Kizer
- 2001 Ralph J. Mills, Grasses Standing: Selected Poems, Judge: Fanny Howe
- 2000 Kathleen Peirce, The Oval Hour Judge: Jean Valentine
- 1999 B.H. Fairchild, The Art of the Lathe, Judge: Garrett Hongo
- 1998 John Balaban, Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems, Judge: Robert Phillips
- 1995 Cyrus Cassells, Soul Make a Path Through Shouting
- 1994 David Ray, Wool Highways
- 1992 Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
- 1990 Safiya Henderson-Holmes, Madness and a Bit of Hope [3]
- 1989 Diane Wakoski, Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
- 1987 Alan Shapiro, Happy Hour
- 1980 Robert Hass, Praise
- 1979 David Ray, The Tramp's Cup
- 1978 David Lincoln Fisher, Teachings, Judges: Josephine Miles, Louis Simpson, and Reed Whittemore
See also
Notes and References
- http://www.graywolfpress.org/Latest_News/Latest_News/Linda_Gregg_wins_the_William_Carlos_Williams_Award/
- http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/annual/winners/2013/award/ Naomi Replansky – Poetry Society of America
- News: A soulful poet of Harlem: Safiya Henderson-Holmes. Boyd. Herb. New York Amsterdam News. 2017-11-03.