List of winners of the James Laughlin Award

The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book. The award is given by the Academy of American Poets, and is noted as one of the major prizes awarded to younger poets in the United States.[1] In 1959, Harvey Shapiro referred to the award as "roughly, a Pulitzer for bardlings."[2]

Laughlin Award Winners (1996–present)

This partial listing is taken from the website of the Academy of American Poets.[3]

YearPoetBookJudges
2019 Aditi MachadoEmporiumGillian Conoley, Fady Joudah, Cole Swensen
2018 Geffrey Davis Night Angler Patricia Spears Jones, Craig Santos Perez, Prageeta Sharma
2017 sam saxBury ItTyehimba Jess, Ruth Ellen Kocher, Jill McDonough
2016 Mary HickmanRayfishEllen Bass, Jericho Brown, Carmen Giménez Smith
2015 Kathryn NuernbergerThe End of PinkFrancisco X. Alarcón, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, D. Nurske
2014 Brian BlanchfieldA Several WorldLee Ann Brown, Tina Chang, C. S. Giscombe
2013 Jillian WeiseThe Book of GoodbyesJeffrey McDaniel, Brenda Shaughnessy, Susan Wheeler
2012 Catherine BarnettThe Game of BoxesApril Bernard, Cyrus Cassells, Dana Levin (poet)
2011 Anna MoschovakisYou and Three Others Are Approaching a LakeJuliana Spahr, Brian Teare, Mónica de la Torre
2010 Michael DickmanFliesLaure-Anne Bosselaar, Major Jackson, Michael Ryan
2009 Jennifer K. Sweeney[4]How to Live on Bread and MusicRobin Becker, Bob Hicok, Afaa M. Weaver
2008 Rusty Morrison[5]the true keeps calm biding its story[6]Rae Armantrout, Claudia Rankine, Bruce Smith
2007 Brenda ShaughnessyHuman Dark with SugarPeter Gizzi, Matthea Harvey, Caroline Knox
2006 Tracy K. SmithDuendeElizabeth Alexander, Kimiko Hahn, Terrance Hayes
2005 Barbara Jane ReyesPoeta en San FranciscoJames Longenbach, Susan Stewart, Elizabeth Alexander
2004 Jeff ClarkMusic and SuicideElizabeth Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, Susan Stewart
2003 Vijay SeshadriThe Long MeadowMary Jo Bang, Thom Gunn, Campbell McGrath
2002 Karen VolkmanSparMary Jo Bang, Daniel Hall, Campbell McGrath
2001 Peter JohnsonMiracles & MortificationsDaniel Hall, Campbell McGrath, Marilyn Nelson
2000 Liz WaldnerA Point Is That Which Has No PartAgha Shahid Ali, Lynn Emanuel, Marilyn Nelson
1999 Tory DentHIV, Mon AmourLynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson
1998 Sandra AlcosserExcept by NatureLynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, David St. John
1997 Tony HoaglandDonkey GospelYusef Komunyakaa, Heather McHugh, William Matthews
1996 David RivardWise PoisonHeather McHugh, William Matthews, David St. John

Lamont Poetry Selections (1975–1995)

YearPoetBookJudges
1995 Ralph AngelNeither WorldRichard Kenney, Heather McHugh, David St. John
1994 Brigit Pegeen KellySongJorie Graham, Richard Kenney, David St. John
1993 Rosanna WarrenStained GlassAmy Clampitt, Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney
1992 Kathryn Stripling ByerWildwood FlowerLucille Clifton, Jorie Graham, Robert Morgan
1991 Susan WoodCampo SantoMarvin Bell, Lucille Clifton, Robert Morgan
1990 Li-Young LeeThe City in Which I Love YouMarvin Bell, Sandra McPherson, Robert Morgan
1989 Minnie Bruce PrattCrime Against NatureMarvin Bell, Alfred Corn, Sandra McPherson
1988 Mary Jo SalterUnfinished PaintingAlfred Corn, Sandra McPherson, Mary Oliver
1987 Garrett HongoThe River of HeavenPhilip Booth, Alfred Corn, Mary Oliver
1986 Jane ShoreThe Minute HandPhilip Booth, Louise Glück, Mary Oliver
1985 Cornelius EadyVictims of the Latest Dance CrazePhilip Booth, Louise Glück, Charles Simic
1984 Philip SchultzDeep Within the RavineLouise Glück, Charles Simic, David Wagoner
1983 Sharon Olds[7]The Dead and the LivingJune Jordan, Charles Simic, David Wagoner
1982 Margaret GibsonLong Walks in the AfternoonJune Jordan, Richard Shelton, David Wagoner
1981 Carolyn ForchéThe Country Between UsWilliam Harmon, June Jordan, Richard Shelton
1980 Michael Van WalleghenMore Trouble with the ObviousWilliam Harmon, Maxine Kumin, Richard Shelton
1979 Frederick SeidelSunriseWilliam Harmon, Maxine Kumin
1978 AiKilling FloorMaxine Kumin, Philip Levine, Charles Wright
1977 Gerald SternLucky LifeAlan Dugan, Philip Levine, Charles Wright
1976 Larry LevisThe AfterlifeAlan Dugan, Michael Harper, Philip Levine
1975 Lisel MuellerThe Private LifeAlan Dugan, John Haines, Michael Harper

Lamont Poetry Selections (1954–1974)

For the first 20 years, a poet's first published volume was the annual Lamont Poetry Selection.

1974 John Balaban
1973 Marilyn Hacker
1972 Peter Everwine
1971 Stephen Dobyns
1970 William Harmon
1969 Marvin Bell
1968 Jane Cooper
1967 James Scully
1966 Kenneth O. Hanson
1965 Henri Coulette
1964 Adrien Stoutenburg
1963 No award
1962 Edward Field
1961 X. J. Kennedy
1960 Robert Mezey
1959 Donald Justice
1958 Ned O'Gorman
1957 Daniel Berrigan, S. J.
1956 Philip Booth
1955 Donald Hall
1954 Constance Carrier

See also

References

  1. Beach, Christopher (1999). Poetic Culture. Northwestern University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8101-1678-8. The vast majority of those winning the major awards for younger poets over the last two decades (Guggenheims, Lamont prizes, the National Poetry Series, for example) have held graduate degrees in creative writing.
  2. Shapiro, Harvey (August 9, 1959). "The Timbre of Three New Voices". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. "James Laughlin Award". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  4. Academy of American Poets > Jennifer K. Sweeney Receives the James Laughlin Award
  5. Five Berkeley Authors Win Northern California Book Awards, Berkeley Daily Planet, April 30, 2009
  6. Archived December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Sharon Olds Receives Lamont Poetry Award New York Times, September 18, 1983
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