National Book Award for Poetry

The National Book Award for Poetry is one of four annual National Book Awards, which are given by the National Book Foundation to recognize outstanding literary work by US citizens. They are awards "by writers to writers".[1] The panelists are five "writers who are known to be doing great work in their genre or field".[2]

The category Poetry was established in 1950 and has been awarded annually save the period 1985 to 1990.[3]

The award recognizes one book written by a US citizen and published in the US from December 1 to November 30. The National Book Foundation accepts nominations from publishers until June 15, requires mailing nominated books to the panelists by August 1, and announces five finalists in October. The winner is announced on the day of the final ceremony in November. The award is $10,000 and a bronze sculpture; other finalists get $1000, a medal, and a citation written by the panel.[4]

There were 148 nominations for the 2010 award.[5]

Winners

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The winner is listed first followed by the four other finalists (from 1987) or other runners-up.

2010–2019[6]
2018[7]
Rae ArmantroutWobble
Terrance HayesAmerican Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
Diana Khoi NguyenGhost Of
Justin Phillip ReedIndecency
Jenny XieEye Level
2017[8]Frank BidartHalf-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016
Leslie HarrisonThe Book of Endings
Layli Long Soldier"WHEREAS"
Shane McCrae"In the Language of My Captor"
Danez Smith"Don’t Call Us Dead"
2016[9]Daniel BorzutzkyThe Performance of Becoming Human
Rita DoveCollected Poems 1974 – 2004
Peter GizziArcheophonics
Jay HoplerThe Abridged History of Rainfall
Solmaz SharifLook
2015[10][11]Robin Coste LewisVoyage of the Sable Venus
Ross GayCatalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Terrance HayesHow to Be Drawn
Ada LimónBright Dead Things
Patrick PhillipsElegy for a Broken Machine
2014[12]Louise GluckFaithful and Virtuous Night[13]
Fanny HoweSecond Childhood
Maureen N. McLaneThis Blue
Fred MotenThe Feel Trio
Claudia RankineCitizen
2013[14][15]Mary SzybistIncarnadine
Frank BidartMetaphysical Dog
Lucie Brock-BroidoStay, Illusion
Adrian MatejkaThe Big Smoke
Matt RasmussenBlack Aperture
2012[16]David FerryBewilderment: New Poems and Translations[17][18]
Susan WheelerMeme
Cynthia HuntingtonHeavenly Bodies
Tim SeiblesFast Animal
Alan ShapiroNight of the Republic
2011Nikky FinneyHead Off & Split: Poems
Yusef KomunyakaaThe Chameleon Couch
Carl PhillipsDouble Shadow
Adrienne RichTonight No Poetry Will Serve: Poems: 2007-2010
Bruce SmithDevotions
2010Terrance HayesLighthead
Kathleen GraberThe Eternal City
James RichardsonBy the Numbers
C.D. WrightOne with Others
Monica YounIgnatz
2000-09[19]
2009Keith WaldropTranscendental Studies: A Trilogy
Rae ArmantroutVersed
Ann LauterbachOr to Begin Again
Carl PhillipsSpeak Low
Lyrae van Clief-StefanonOpen Interval
2008Mark DotyFire to Fire: New and Selected Poems
2007Robert HassTime and Materials: Poems, 1997–2005
2006Nathaniel MackeySplay Anthem
2005W. S. MerwinMigration: New and Selected Poems
2004Jean ValentineDoor in the Mountain: New and Collected Poems, 1965-2003
2003C. K. WilliamsThe Singing
2002Ruth StoneIn the Next Galaxy
2001Alan DuganPoems Seven: New and Complete Poetry (vol 7 of seven)
2000Lucille CliftonBlessing the Boats: New and Selected Poems 1988–2000
1991–99[20]
1999AiVice: New and Selected Poems
1998Gerald SternThis Time: New and Selected Poems
1997William MeredithEffort at Speech: New and Selected Poems
1996Hayden CarruthScrambled Eggs & Whiskey: Poems, 1991–1995
1995Stanley KunitzPassing Through: The Later Poems, New and Selected
1994James TateThe Worshipful Company of Fletchers: Poems
1993A. R. AmmonsGarbage
1992Mary OliverNew and Selected Poems (vol 1 of two)
1991Philip LevineWhat Work Is
Andrew HudginsThe Never-Ending
Linda McCarristonEva-Mary
Adrienne RichAn Atlas of the Difficult World: Poems 1988-1991
Marilyn Nelson WaniekThe Homeplace: Poems
1990
1989
1988
1987The Poetry award and many others were eliminated from the program when it was revamped in 1984. It was restored in 1991, now for current-year publications, with a standard five finalists announced a few weeks prior to the main event.
1986
1985
1984
1980–83[21]
1983
[lower-alpha 1]		 Charles WrightCountry Music: Selected Early Poems
1983Galway KinnellSelected Poems
1982William BronkLife Supports: New and Collected Poems
1981Lisel MuellerThe Need to Hold Still: Poems
1980Philip LevineAshes: Poems New and Old
1970–79[22]
1979James MerrillMirabell: Books of Number
1978Howard NemerovThe Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov
1977Richard EberhartCollected Poems, 1930-1976: including 43 new poems
1976John AshberySelf-portrait in a Convex Mirror
1975Marilyn HackerPresentation Piece
1974
[lower-alpha 1]		 Adrienne RichDiving into the Wreck: Poems, 1971-1972
1974Allen GinsbergThe Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965-1971
1973A. R. AmmonsCollected Poems, 1951-1971
1972
[lower-alpha 1]		 Howard MossSelected Poems
1972Frank O'HaraThe Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara (posth.)
1971Mona Van DuynTo See, To Take: Poems
1970Elizabeth BishopThe Complete Poems
1960–69[23]
1969John BerrymanHis Toy, His Dream, His Rest
1968Robert BlyThe Light Around the Body
1967James MerrillNights and Days
1966James DickeyBuckdancer's Choice: Poems
1965Theodore RoethkeThe Far Field (posth.)
1964John Crowe RansomSelected Poems
1963William StaffordTraveling Through the Dark
1962Alan DuganPoems (vol 1 of seven)
1961Randall JarrellThe Woman at the Washington Zoo: Poems and Translations
1960Robert LowellLife Studies
1950–59[24]
1959Theodore RoethkeWords for the Wind: Poems of Theodore Roethke
1958Robert Penn WarrenPromises: Poems, 1954-1956
1957Richard WilburThings of This World
1956W. H. AudenThe Shield of Achilles
1955Wallace StevensThe Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
1954Conrad AikenCollected Poems
1953Archibald MacLeishCollected Poems, 1917-1952
1952Marianne MooreCollected Poems
1951Wallace StevensThe Auroras of Autumn
1950William Carlos Williams  Paterson: Book Three and Selected Poems (two books)[25]
No runners up.[25][26]

Repeat winners

See Winners of multiple U.S. National Book Awards

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Poetry panels split the 1972, 1974, and 1983 awards. Split awards have been prohibited continuously from 1984 (and the same reform eliminated the Poetry category, restored 1992).

References

  1. ↑ "History of the National Book Awards". National Book Foundation (NBF): About Us. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. ↑ "How the National Book Awards Work". NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  3. ↑ "National Book Award Winners: 1950 – 2009". NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  4. ↑ "National Book Award Selection Process". NBF: Awards. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  5. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions". NBF: About Us. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  6. ↑ "National Book Awards – 2010". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 2010 or a later year from the top left menu.)
  7. ↑ Constance Grady (October 10, 2018). "The 2018 National Book Award finalists are in. Here's the full list". Vox. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ "National Book Foundation -Awards Winners & Finalists 2017".
  9. ↑ "2016 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  10. ↑ "2015 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  11. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (19 November 2015). "Ta-Nehisi Coates Wins National Book Award". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  12. ↑ Alex Shephard (October 15, 2014). "National Book Awards shortlists announced". Melville House Publishing. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ Alter, Alexandra (November 19, 2014). "National Book Award Goes to Phil Klay for His Short Story Collection". The New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ "2013 National Book Award Finalists Announced". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  15. ↑ "2013 National Book Awards". NBF. Retrieved 2013-10-21.
  16. ↑ "National Book Award Finalists Announced Today". Library Journal. October 10, 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  17. ↑ "2012 National Book Awards Go to Erdrich, Boo, Ferry, Alexander". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  18. ↑ Leslie Kaufman (November 14, 2012). "Novel About Racial Injustice Wins National Book Award". New York Times. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  19. ↑ "National Book Awards – 2000". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 2000 to 2009 from the top left menu.)
  20. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1990". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 1990 to 1999 from the top left menu.)
  21. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1980". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 1980 to 1983 from the top left menu.)
  22. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1970". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 1970 to 1979 from the top left menu.)
  23. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1960". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 1960 to 1969 from the top left menu.)
  24. ↑ "National Book Awards – 1950". NBF. Retrieved 2012-04-01. (Select 1950 to 1959 from the top left menu.)
  25. 1 2 "National Book Awards – 1950". NBF. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
    (With essays by Neil Baldwin and Ross Gay from the Awards 50-year print publication(?) and 60-year anniversary blog. Baldwin covers the award-sharing book: "The edition of the Selected Poems brought out in 1949 has of necessity over the past half-century been emended and expanded many times. ...")
  26. ↑ At the first awards dinner in the currently recognized series, there were five honorable mentions announced in the non-fiction category only.
    • "Book Publishers Make 3 Awards: ... Gold Plaques", The New York Times, March 17, 1950, page 21.
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