Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards

The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts. In addition to the cash prizes, two winners get published by a university press.

The Crab Orchard Review, a biannual journal of creative works published by the Department of English of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and Southern Illinois University Press

Southern Illinois University Press

Southern Illinois University Press, founded in 1956, is a university press located in Carbondale, Illinois.The press publishes approximately 50 titles annually, among its more than 1,200 titles currently in print....

organize the competition, which gives out $3,500 to two winners. Winners must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the United States.

Prior to 2009, the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards awarded a first place and a second place. These winners received different prize amounts, but all winning manuscripts were published by Southern Illinois University Press

Southern Illinois University Press

Winners

Year	Co-Winner	Co-Winner	Judge
2009 2009 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* January 5 – The Turkish government announces it will posthumously restore the citizenship it had stripped from influential poet Nazim Hikmet, a Marxist who died in 1963 as an exile in the Soviet...	Todd Hearon Todd Hearon Todd Hearon is an American poet. His most notable work is Strange Land, a Surrealist poem. He is the winner of several awards and has published his work in multiple magazines.-Life:... Strange Land	Jennifer Richter Threshold	Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from...
Year	First Place	Second Place	Judge
2008 2008 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* June — the release in the United Kingdom of a new film, The Edge of Love, Dylan Thomas' relationship with two women, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys *...	Alison Townsend Alison Townsend -Life:She grew up in New York. She teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.Her work has appeared in Calyx, Clackamas Literary Review, Fourth Genre, New Letters, The North American Review, and The Southern Review.... Persephone in America	Jesse Lee Kercheval Jesse Lee Kercheval Jesse Lee Kercheval is an American academic and writer. She is a writing teacher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She has authored several books of various genres, notably Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater.... Cinema Muto	David Wojahn David Wojahn David Wojahn is a contemporary American poet who teaches poetry in the Department of English at Virginia Commonwealth University, and in the low residency MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts...
2007 2007 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* March 5: a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding...	Ciaran Berry Ciaran Berry -Life:He grew up in Carna, County Galway and Falcarragh, County Donegal.He graduated from New York University, a New York Times Fellow.He teaches at Trinity College, Hartford.His work appeared in AGNI, Crazyhorse, The Missouri Review,... The Sphere of Birds	Jake Adam York Jake Adam York Jake Adam York is an American poet. He has published three books of poetry: Murder Ballads, which won the 2005 Elixir Prize in Poetry; A Murmuration of Starlings, which won the 2008 Colorado Book Award in Poetry; and Persons Unknown, an editor's selection in the Crab Orchard Series in... A Murmuration of Starlings	Cathy Song Cathy Song Cathy Song is an Asian-American poet. She is the 1982 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award for her collection Picture Bride. Song now resides in Kahala, Hawaii.-Personal life:Song was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii...
2006 2006 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon...	Moira Linehan Moira Linehan Moira Linehan is an American poet. She graduated from Boston College, and Vermont College of Fine Arts, with an MFA.She lived in Winchester, Massachusetts, where she worked as an academic administrator... If No Moon	Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Red Clay Suite	Dorianne Laux Dorianne Laux Dorianne Laux is an American poet.-Biography:Laux worked as a sanatorium cook, a gas station manager, and a maid before receiving a B.A. in English from Mills College in 1988. Laux taught at the University of Oregon...
2005 2005 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* October 7 — Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl were staged in San Francisco, New York City, and in Leeds in the UK...	David Hernandez David Hernandez (poet) David Hernandez is an American poet and novelist. Most recently, he was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.-Life:... Always Danger	Susan B.A. Somers-Willett Roam	Leslie Adrienne Miller Leslie Adrienne Miller Leslie Adrienne Miller is the author of five collections of poems.Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, Miller holds a B.A. from Stephens College, an M.A. from the University of Missouri, and an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a Ph.D...
2004 2004 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* April 1 — Foetry.com Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests. Tracking the sycophants...	Victoria Chang Victoria Chang Victoria Chang is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection isSalvinia Molesta . Her first book, Circle , won the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.-Life:... Circle	Greg Pape American Flamingo	Richard Cecil
2003 2003 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry was opened at Queens University, Belfast, this year. It houses the Heaney Media Archive, a unique record of Heaney's entire oeuvre, as well as a full catalogue of...	Jon Pineda Jon Pineda -Life:He was raised in Chesapeake, Virginia.He graduated from James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University. He currently teaches at Old Dominion University, and Queens University of Charlotte.... Birthmark	Lee Ann Roripaugh Lee Ann Roripaugh -Life:She was raised in Laramie, Wyoming, the daughter of poet Robert Roripaugh.She graduated from Indiana University with an M.M. in music history, a B.M. in piano performance, and an M.F.A... Year of the Snake	Ralph Burns Ralph Burns Ralph Burns was an American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist.-Early life:...
2002 2002 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* After Ghazi al-Gosaibi, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Britain, publishes a poem praising a suicide bomber who had killed himself and two Israelis after blowing himself up in a supermarket; the...	Elton Glaser Elton Glaser -Life:He is a native of New Orleans, teaches at the University of Akron, and edits the Akron Series in Poetry.He lives in Akron, Ohio.-Awards:* 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White"* 2002 Crab Orchard Award-Works:* ... Pelican Tracks*	Patricia Jabbeh Wesley Becoming Ebony	Tim Seibles Tim Seibles Tim Seibles is an American poet and professor. He is the author of five collections of poetry, most recently, Buffalo Head Solos...
2001 2001 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, W. H...	Joy Katz Joy Katz Joy Katz is an American poet, who was recently awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry.She is the author of two poetry collections, most recently, The Garden Room... Fabulae	Susan Aizenberg Muse	Maura Stanton Maura Stanton -Biography:Maura Stanton was born to Joseph Stanton, a salesman, and Wanda Haggard Stanton, a nurse, in Evanston, Illinois. She received her B.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1969, and her M.F.A. in 1971 from the University of Iowa....
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...	J. Allyn Rosser J. Allyn Rosser Jill Allyn Rosser , who published under J. Allyn Rosser, is a contemporary American poet.-Life:She grew up in Sparta, New Jersey.... Misery Prefigured	Julianna Baggott Julianna Baggott Julianna Baggott is a novelist, essayist and poet who also writes under pen names Bridget Asher and N.E. Bode. She is an associate professor at Florida State University's Creative Writing Program.-Life:... This Country of Mothers	Rodney Jones Rodney Jones Rodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...
2000 2000 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.* February —...		Oliver de la Paz Oliver de la Paz Oliver de la Paz is the author of three collections of poetry, most recently Furious Lullaby , and he has a new collection forthcoming, Requiem for the Orchard , winner of the Akron Prize for Poetry... Names Above Houses	Rodney Jones Rodney Jones Rodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...
1999 1999 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* July 1 — Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", instead of "God Save The Queen"...	Marilene Phipps Marilene Phipps Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell is an American poet, painter, and short story writer.-Life:Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell was born in Haiti and raised in Haiti and France... Crossroads and Unholy Water	Elton Glaser Elton Glaser -Life:He is a native of New Orleans, teaches at the University of Akron, and edits the Akron Series in Poetry.He lives in Akron, Ohio.-Awards:* 2002 Marlboro Prize in Poetry for his poem, "Meditation in Blue and White"* 2002 Crab Orchard Award-Works:* ... Winter Amnesties*	Lucia Perillo Lucia Perillo -Life:Lucia Perillo grew up in the suburbs of New York City in the 1960s. She graduated from McGill University in Montreal in 1979 with a major in wildlife management, and subsequently worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She completed her M.A...
1998 1998 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago .* Skanky Possum poetry magazine founded in Austin, Texas....	Denise Duhamel Denise Duhamel -Background:Duhamel received her B.F.A. from Emerson College and her M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. She is a New York Foundation for the Arts recipient and has been resident poet at Bucknell University... Star-Spangled Banner	Richard Cecil Richard Cecil (poet) Richard Cecil is an American poet.-Life:He married Maura Stanton, and lived in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Indiana University.He taught at Rhodes College.... In Search of the Great Dead	Rodney Jones Rodney Jones Rodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...

Winners

See also