| AWARD | WINNER | JUDGE |
| Shelley Memorial Award $8,100 | Tom Sleigh | Carolyn Kizer Sandy Solomon Alan Williamson |
| The Frost Medal $2,500 | Barbara Guest | PSA Board of Governors |
| Robert H. Winner Memorial Award $2,500 | Liz Waldner | Bill Knott |
| Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award $1,000 | Diann Blakely | Baron Wormser |
| William Carlos Williams Award $500 | B.H.Fairchild The Art of the Lathe (Alice James Books) | Garrett Hongo |
| Norma Farber First Book Award $500 | Hettie Jones Drive (Hanging Loose Press) | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| Lucille Medwick Memorial Award $500 | Norbert Krapf | Toi Derricotte |
| George Bogin Memorial Award $500 | Eugene Gloria | Ana Castillo |
| Lyric Poetry Award $500 | Sherod Santos | Stephen Yenser |
| Cecil Hemley Memorial Award $500 | Steve Kronen | Kathleen Norris |
| Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award $250 | Valerie Madamba | Sophie Cabot Black |
| The Writer Magazine Emily Dickinson Award $250 | Karen Volkman | Cole Swensen |
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