William Carlos Williams Award
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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.
The award is a "purchase prize" of $500 to $1000. The winning book is distributed to members of the PSA.
Poetry Society of America
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
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
Geraldine Clinton Little
Geraldine Clinton Little was a poet born in Northern Ireland. Emigrating to the United States with her family at age 2, she spent her life in the United States...
, a poet and author of short stories and former vice-president of the society.
The award is a "purchase prize" of $500 to $1000. The winning book is distributed to members of the PSA.
Winners
- 2011 Mary RuefleMary RuefleMary Ruefle is an American poet, essayist, and professor. She has published eleven collections of poetry, most recently, Selected Poems...
, Selected Poems, Judge: Rodney JonesRodney JonesRodney 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... - 2010 Eleanor Ross TaylorEleanor Ross TaylorEleanor Ross Taylor is an American poet who has published six collections from 1960 to 2009. Her work received little recognition until 1998, but since then has received several of the major poetry prizes...
, Captive Voices, Judge: Lynn EmanuelLynn EmanuelLynn Collins Emanuel is an American poet. Some of her poetry collections include Then, Suddenly— and Noose and Hook .... - 2009 Linda GreggLinda GreggLinda Alouise Gregg is an American poet.-Biography:Although born just miles northwest of New York City, Ms. Gregg grew up on the other side of the country, in Marin County, California. She received both her Bachelor of Arts, in 1967, and her Master of Arts, in 1972, from San Francisco State College...
, All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems, Judge: James LongenbachJames LongenbachJames Longenbach is an American critic and poet. His early critical work focused on modernist poetry , but he writes extensively about contemporary poetry, too, and has authored four books of poems: Threshold, Fleet River, Draft of a Letter, and The Iron Key... - 2008 Aram SaroyanAram SaroyanAram Saroyan is an American poet, novelist, biographer, memoirist and playwright. There has been a resurgence of interest in his work in the 21st century, evidenced by the publication in 2007 of several previous collections reissued together as Complete Minimal Poems.- Biography :Saroyan was born...
, Complete Minimal Poems, Judge: Ron SillimanRon SillimanRon Silliman is an American poet. He has written and edited over 30 books, and has had his poetry and criticism translated into 12 languages. He is often associated with language poetry. Between 1979 and 2004, Silliman wrote a single poem, The Alphabet... - 2007 Matthew ZapruderMatthew ZapruderMatthew Zapruder is an American poet, editor, translator, and professor. His second poetry collection, The Pajamaist , won the 2007 William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and was chosen by Library Journal as one of the top ten poetry volumes of 2006...
, The Pajamaist - 2006 Brenda HillmanBrenda HillmanBrenda Hillman , is an American poet. She was educated at Pomona College, and received her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California...
of Kensington, CaliforniaKensington, CaliforniaKensington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area, in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 5,077 at the 2010 census.- Law and government :Kensington is an unincorporated area of Contra...
, Pieces of Air in the Epic - 2004 Anthony ButtsAnthony Butts-Life:He graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelors degree, from Western Michigan University, with an MFA, and University of Missouri with a PhD.He taught at the University of Dayton.He teaches at Carnegie Mellon University....
of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, Little Low Heaven, Judge: Lucie Brock-BroidoLucie Brock-BroidoLucie Brock-Broido is the author of three collections of poetry. She has received many honors, including the Witter-Bynner prize of Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Harvard Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, the Harvard-Danforth Award for Distinction in Teaching, the Jerome J... - 2003 Gary YoungGary Young (poet)Gary Eugene Young is an American poet, printer and book artist. In 2010 he was named Poet Laureate of Santa Cruz county.-Life:He graduated from University of California Santa Cruz and University of California, Irvine, with an M.F.A....
, No Other Life, Judge: Angela JacksonAngela JacksonAngela Jackson is a poet, playwright and writer.-Life:Her father, George Jackson, Sr. and mother, Angeline Robinson Jackson moved to Chicago... - 2002 Li-Young LeeLi-Young LeeLi-Young Lee is an American poet. He was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, to Chinese parents. His maternal grandfather was Yuan Shikai, China's first Republican President, who attempted to make himself emperor...
, Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum), Judge: Carolyn KizerCarolyn KizerCarolyn Ashley Kizer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet of the Pacific Northwest whose works reflect her feminism.-Life and work:... - 2001 Ralph J. MillsRalph J. MillsRalph J. Mills Jr. was an American poet and critic.-Life:Ralph Joseph Mills, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 16, 1931. His father was Ralph J...
, Grasses Standing: Selected Poems, Judge: Fanny HoweFanny HoweFanny Howe is an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She has written many novels in prose collection. Howe was awarded the 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, presented annually by the Poetry Foundation to a living U.S... - 2000 Kathleen PeirceKathleen PeirceKathleen Peirce is an American poet. -Life:She graduated from the Iowa Writer's Workshop in 1988. She currently teaches at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, for the Texas State University MFA...
, The Oval Hour (Iowa Poetry Prize) Judge: Jean ValentineJean ValentineJean Valentine is an American poet, and currently the New York State Poet . Her poetry collection, Door in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965–2003, was awarded the 2004 National Book Award for Poetry.... - 1999 B.H. Fairchild, The Art of the Lathe (Working Classics) Judge: Garrett HongoGarrett HongoGarrett Hongo is a Yonsei, fourth-generation Japanese American academic, poet and academic. The work of this Pulitzer-nominated writer draws on Japanese American history and own experiences.-Educational background:...
- 1998 John BalabanJohn BalabanJohn B. Balaban is an American poet and translator, an authority on Vietnamese literature.-Biography:Balaban was born in a housing project neighborhood in Philadelphia to Romanian immigrant parents, Phillip and Alice Georgies Balaban...
, Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems, Judge: Robert PhillipsRobert PhillipsRobert Phillips is an American classical guitarist.-Early life:The son of two optometrists, Dr. Robert Michael Phillips and Dr. Irma Phillips née Pedrogo who resided, although only briefly, in Valley Stream, New York... - 1995 Cyrus CassellsCyrus Cassells-Life and work:Cassells was born in Dover, Delaware, grew up in the Mojave Desert north of Los Angeles, and began writing poetry in high school. He graduated in 1979 from Stanford University with a degree in film and broadcasting, and landed a job creating poetry filmstrips in the film division of...
, Soul Make a Path Through Shouting - 1994 David Ray, Wool Highways
- 1992 Louise GlückLouise GlückLouise Elisabeth Glück is an American poet of Hungarian Jewish heritage. She was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2003, after serving as a Special Bicentennial Consultant three years prior in 2000....
, The Wild Iris - 1989 Diane WakoskiDiane WakoskiDiane Wakoski is a American poet who is primarily associated with the deep image poets, as well as the confessional and Beat poets of the 1960s.-Biography:...
, Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987 - 1987 Alan ShapiroAlan ShapiroAlan Shapiro is an American poet and professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of nine poetry books, including Tantalus in Love, Song and Dance, and The Dead Alive and Busy. He received the Kingsley Tufts Award and the Los Angeles...
, Happy Hour - 1980 Robert HassRobert HassRobert L. Hass is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He was awarded the 2007 National Book Award and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Time and Materials.-Life:...
, Praise - 1979 David Ray, The Tramp's Cup
See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature