National Chapbook Fellowship

The Poetry Society of America's National Chapbook Fellowship is awarded once a year to two American poets under 30 years of age who have yet to publish a first book of poems. Two renowned poets select and introduce a winning manuscript for publication. Each winner receives an additional $1000 prize.

Winners
2009:
 * A History of Waves by Haines Eason, selected by Mark Doty
 * The Good News of the Ground by Heidi Johannesen Poon, selected by Cole Swensen

2008:
 * Blue House by Christopher Nelson, selected by Mary Jo Bang
 * Swerve by John Estes, selected by C.K. Williams

2007:
 * Dear Wild Abandon by Andrew Michael Roberts, selected by Mark Strand
 * Dream of Water by Kate Ingold, selected by Haryette Mullen

2006:
 * Mayport by Maureen Thorson, selected by Heather McHugh
 * The Eights by Dan Chelotti, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa

2005
 * Guarding the Violins by Misty Harper, selected by Charles Simic
 * What Remains by Stuart Greenhouse, selected by Brenda Hillman

2004
 * Meditations by Joshua Poteat, selected by Mary Oliver
 * Woman in a Boat by K. E. Allen, selected by Robert Creeley

2003
 * Rowing Through Fog by Kerri Webster, selected by Carl Phillips
 * The Morning Hour by Dawn Lundy Martin, selected by C. D. Wright