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The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts.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 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.

Winners
YearCo-WinnerCo-WinnerJudge
2013Dan Albergotti Millennial TeethTJ Jarrett ZIONRodney Jones
2012Jeffrey Skinner GlaciologyJason Sommer The Laughter of Adam and EveCynthia Huntington
2011Jacob Shores-Arguello In the Absence of ClocksWally Swist Huang Po and the Dimensions of LoveYusef Komunyakaa
2010Brian Barker The Black OceanCamille Dungy Smith BlueMichael Waters
2009Todd Hearon Strange LandJennifer Richter ThresholdNatasha Trethewey
YearFirst PlaceSecond PlaceJudge
2008Alison Townsend Persephone in AmericaJesse Lee Kercheval Cinema MutoDavid Wojahn
2007Ciaran Berry The Sphere of BirdsJake Adam York A Murmuration of StarlingsCathy Song
2006Moira Linehan If No MoonHonorée Fanonne Jeffers Red Clay SuiteDorianne Laux
2005David Hernandez Always DangerSusan B.A. Somers-Willett RoamLeslie Adrienne Miller
2004Victoria Chang CircleGreg Pape American FlamingoRichard Cecil
2003Jon Pineda BirthmarkLee Ann Roripaugh Year of the SnakeRalph Burns
2002Elton Glaser Pelican TracksPatricia Jabbeh Wesley Becoming EbonyTim Seibles
2001Joy Katz FabulaeSusan Aizenberg MuseMaura Stanton
2000J. Allyn Rosser Misery PrefiguredJulianna Baggott This Country of MothersRodney Jones
2000Oliver de la Paz Names Above HousesRodney Jones
1999Marilene Phipps Crossroads and Unholy WaterElton Glaser Winter AmnestiesLucia Perillo
1998Denise Duhamel Star-Spangled BannerRichard Cecil In Search of the Great DeadRodney Jones

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