Norma Farber First Book Award
Appearance
The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year".[1]
The award was established by the family and friends of the poet and children's book author Norma Farber. The award comes with a $500 prize.[1]
Winners
[edit]Year | Winner | Title | Judge |
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2023 | Paul Hlava Ceballos | banana [ ] | Chase Berggrun |
2022 | Amanda Larson | Gut (Omnidawn) | Mark Bibbins |
2021 | Taylor Johnson | Inheritance | Francine J. Harris |
2020 | Zaina Alsous | A Theory of Birds | Matthew Shenoda |
2019 | Anna Maria Hong | Age of Glass | Geoffrey G. O'Brien |
2018 | Eve L. Ewing | Electric Arches | Elizabeth Macklin |
2017 | Vincent Toro | Stereo. Island. Mosaic. | Natalie Diaz |
2016 | Magdalena Zurawski | [Companion Animal] | Jennifer Moxley |
2015 | Cathy Linh Che | Split | Adrian Matejka |
2014 | r. erica doyle | proxy | Maggie Nelson |
2013 | Nick Twemlow | Palm Tree | Timothy Liu |
2012 | Emily Kendal Frey | The Grief Performance | Dana Levin |
2011 | John Beer | The Wasteland and Other Poems | Bin Ramke |
2010 | Scott Coffel | Toucans in the Arctic | Edward Hirsch |
2009 | Richard Deming | Let’s Not Call It Consequence | Martha Ronk |
2008 | Catherine Imbriglio | Parts of the Mass | Thylias Moss |
2007 | Kate Colby | Fruitlands | Rosmarie Waldrop |
2006 | Cammy Thomas | Cathedral of Wish | Medbh McGuckian |
2005 | Karen An-hwei Lee | In Medias Res | Cole Swensen[2] |
2004 | Brenda Coultas | A Handmade Museum | Lyn Hejinian |
2003 | Sean Singer | Discography | Allen Grossman |
2002 | Jennifer Michael Hecht | The Next Ancient World | David Lehman |
2001 | V. Penelope Pelizzon | Nostos | August Kleinzahler |
2000 | Lisa Lubasch | How Many More of Them Are You? | John Yau |
1999 | Hettie Jones | Drive: Poems | Naomi Shihab Nye |
1998 | Rebecca Reynolds | Daughter of the Hangnail | Ann Lauterbach |
1997 | Susan Yuzna | Her Slender Dress | Michael Weaver |
1995 | Barbara Hamby | Delirium[3] | |
1994 | Sophie Cabot Black | The Misunderstanding of Nature | [4] |
1993 | Susan Wheeler | Bag O' Diamonds | James Tate |
1992 | Timothy Liu | Vox Angelica | Carolyn Forche |
1991 | Karl Kirchwey | A Wandering Island |
See also
[edit]- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literary awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b "Poetry Society of America Awards Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-02. Poetry Society of America Web site, Web page titled "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines", accessed October 28, 2006
- ^ "Sarabande Books Web site > News and Announcements: Recent Honors for Sarabande Titles > accessed October 28, 2006".
- ^ [1] Web page titled "University of North Texas Press: Award winning titles", accessed October 28, 2006
- ^ "Harvard Gazette: Daylong literary fete to feature award-winning poets". Archived from the original on 2006-09-04. Retrieved 2006-10-28."Daylong literary fete to feature award-winning poets" article in the Harvard University Gazette, April 4, 2003