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 a "purchase prize" of $500 to $1000. The winning book is distributed to those who contribute substantial amounts of money to the Poetry Society of America.
[edit] Winners
- 2008: Aram Saroyan Complete Minimal Poems, Ugly Duckling Presse; Judge: Ron Silliman
- 2007: Matthew Zapruder of New York, New York, The Pijamaist, Copper Canyon Press; finalists: Liam Rector, Elaine Terranova; Judge: Tony Hoagland
- 2006: Brenda Hillman of Kensington, California, Pieces of Air in the Epic, Judge: Marjorie Welish
- 2005: Anne Winters of Evanston, Illinois, The Displaced of Capital, Judge: Robert Pinsky
- 2004: Anthony Butts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Little Low Heaven, Judge: Lucie Brock-Broido
- 2003: Gary Young, No Other Life Judge: Angela Jackson
- 2002: Li-Young Lee, Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum) Judge: Carolyn Kizer
- 2001: Ralph J. Mills, Grasses Standing: Selected Poems, Judge: Fanny Howe
- 2000: Kathleen Peirce, The Oval Hour (Iowa Poetry Prize), Judge: Jean Valentine
- 1999: B.H. Fairchild, The Art of the Lathe (Working Classics), Judge: Garrett Hongo
- 1998: John Balaban, Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems, Judge: Robert Phillips
- 1994: Cyrus Cassells, The Mud Actor
- 1992: Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
- 1989: Diane Wakoski, Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
- 1987: Alan Shapiro, Happy Hour
