Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize

The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation, which also publishes Poetry magazine. The prize was established in 1986 by Ruth Lilly. It honors a living U.S. poet whose "lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition"; its value is $100,000 making it one of the richest literary prizes in the world. The prize has been called "among the most prestigious awards that can be won by an American poet".

Winners
The following list is based on the listing by the Poetry Foundation.

1986: Adrienne Rich

1987: Philip Levine

1988: Anthony Hecht

1989: Mona Van Duyn

1990: Hayden Carruth

1991: David Wagoner

1992: John Ashbery

1993: Charles Wright

1994: Donald Hall

1995: A. R. Ammons

1996: Gerald Stern

1997: William Matthews

1998: W. S. Merwin

1999: Maxine Kumin

2000: Carl Dennis

2001: Yusef Komunyakaa

2002: Lisel Mueller

2003: Linda Pastan

2004: Kay Ryan

2005: C. K. Williams

2006: Richard Wilbur

2007: Lucille Clifton

2008: Gary Snyder

2009: Fanny Howe

2010: Eleanor Ross Taylor

2011: David Ferry

2012: W. S. Di Piero

2013: Marie Ponsot

2014: Nathaniel Mackey

2015: Alice Notley

2016: Ed Roberson

2017: Joy Harjo

2018: Martín Espada

2019: Marilyn Nelson

2020: Marilyn Chin

2021: Patricia Smith

2022: Sandra Cisneros, CAConrad, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Juan Felipe Herrera, Angela Jackson, Haki R. Madhubuti, Sharon Olds, Sonia Sanchez, Patti Smith and Arthur Sze

2023: Kimiko Hahn