Robert H. Winner Memorial Award

The Poetry Society of America's Robert H. Winner Memorial Award is given "by the family and friends of Robert H. Winner, whose first book of poems appeared when he was almost fifty years old. This award acknowledges original work being done in mid-career by a poet who has not had substantial recognition, and is open to poets over forty who have published no more than one book."

Each winner receives a $2500 prize.


 * 2017: Heather Altfeld, Judge: Fred Marchant
 * 2016: Erin Redfern and Metta Sáma, Judge: Cyrus Cassells
 * 2015: Karen Skolfield, Judge: Alan Shapiro
 * 2014: Dore Kiesselbach, Judge: Alberto Rios
 * 2013: Carol Light, Judge: David Wagoner
 * 2012: Lise Goett, Judge: Toi Derricotte
 * 2011: Kathy Nilsson, Judge: Timothy Donnelly
 * 2010: Leslie Williams, Judge: David St. John
 * 2009: Eliot Khalil Wilson, Judge: Henri Cole
 * 2008: Jocelyn Emerson, Judge: Annie Finch
 * 2007: Charlene Fix, Judge: Eleanor Wilner
 * 2006: Daneen Wardrop, Judge: Jean Valentine
 * 2005: Julie Sheehan, Judge: Sharon Olds
 * 2004: John McKernan, Judge: Linda Gregg
 * 2003: John Glowney and Rusty Morrison, Judge: Ron Padgett
 * 2002: Margo Berdeshevsky, Judge: Marie Ponsot
 * 2001: Alice Jones and Jeffrey Franklin