THE FROST MEDAL Michael S. Harper THE SHELLEY MEMORIAL AWARD
Judged by Lyn Hejinian and C. D. Wright Ed Roberson THE WRITER MAGAZINE/EMILY DICKINSON AWARD
Judged by Donald Revell Joanie Mackowski CECIL HEMLEY MEMORIAL AWARD
Judged by Norma Cole Brian Henry LYRIC POETRY AWARD
Judged by Elizabeth Macklin Wayne Miller LUCILLE MEDWICK MEMORIAL AWARD
Judged by Timothy Donnelly
Finalist: Sally Ball Christina Pugh ALICE FAY DI CASTAGNOLA AWARD
Judged by Dean Young
Finalists: Kevin Prufer and James Richardson Natasha Sajé LOUISE LOUIS/EMILY F. BOURNE STUDENT POETRY AWARD
Judged by David Roderick
Finalists: Willa Granger and Philip Sparks Carey Powers GEORGE BOGIN MEMORIAL AWARD
Judged by Prageeta Sharma Theresa Sotto ROBERT H. WINNER MEMORIAL AWARD
Judged by Annie Finch
Finalists: Rachel Conrad and Marsha Pomerantz Jocelyn Emerson NORMA FARBER FIRST BOOK AWARD
Judged by Thylias Moss
Finalists: Alena Hairston, The Logan Topographies (Persea) Catherine Imbriglio
Parts of the Mass
(Burning Deck) WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AWARD
Judged by Ron Silliman
Finalists: Roberta Beary, The Unworn Necklace (Snapshot Press), Eileen Myles, Sorry, Tree (Wave Books) Aram Saroyan
Complete Minimal Poems
(Ugly Duckling Presse)