The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is administered by the Academy of American Poets selected by the New Hope Foundation in 1994. Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Prize was created in 1975 by the New Hope Foundation of Pennsylvania, which was a philanthropic foundation created by Lenore Marshall and her husband, James Marshall, to "support the arts and the cause of world peace";[6] Lenore Marshall, a poet, novelist, editor, and peace activist, had died in 1971.[7] Receipt of the prize has been among the distinctions noted by the Library of Congress when the Poet Laureate of the United States is named.[8][9][10][11]

The Prize was initially administered by the Saturday Review magazine.[12] Following the folding of Saturday Review, the Prize was administered by The Nation magazine.[13] In 1995, administration of the Prize became the responsibility of the Academy; the Prize has a permanent endowment. The Prize is still sponsored by The Nation, which usually publishes an article about the poetry of each year's finalists and winner. The cash value of the prize is currently $25,000.

Winners

YearPoetBookJudges
1975Cid CormanO/IHayden Carruth
1976Denise LevertovThe Freeing of the DustHayden Carruth
1977Philip LevineThe Names of the LostWilliam Stafford, Carolyn Kizer, Charles Wright
1978Allen TateCollected Poems, 1919-1976Alastair Reid, John Hollander, May Swenson
1979Hayden CarruthBrothers, I Loved You AllAlastair Reid, Galway Kinnell, Mark Strand
1980Stanley KunitzThe Poems of Stanley Kunitz, 1928-1978William Jay Smith, Cynthia Macdonald, Quincy Troupe
1981Sterling A. BrownThe Collected Poems of Sterling A. BrownPhilip Levine, Michael S. Harper, Jean Valentine
1982John LoganThe Bridge of Change: Poems 1974-1980William Jay Smith, Carolyn Kizer, Paul Zweig
1983George StarbuckThe Argot Merchant DisasterDana Gioia, May Swenson, Sydney Lea
1984Josephine MilesCollected Poems, 1930-83Alfred Corn, Josephine Jacobsen, Donald Justice
1985John Ashbery A Wave Dave Smith, Rika Lesser, John Hollander
1986Howard MossNew Selected PoemsJ. D. McClatchy, Richard Howard, Rachel Hadas
1987Donald HallThe Happy ManRobert Pinsky, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Douglas Crase
1988Josephine JacobsenThe Sisters: New & Selected PoemsWilliam Jay Smith, Robert Phillips, Katha Pollitt
1989Thomas McGrathSelected Poems, 1938-1988Amy Clampitt, Richard Kenney, Robert Shaw
1990Michael RyanGod HungerWilliam Pritchard, Sydney Lea, Liz Rosenberg
1991John Haines New Poems, 1980-88Donald Hall, Josephine Jacobsen, Molly Peacock
1992Adrienne RichAn Atlas of the Difficult WorldMona Van Duyn, Edward Hirsch, Thomas Lux
1993Thom GunnThe Man with Night SweatsRobert Pinsky, Carol Muske, James Tate
1994W. S. MerwinTravelsGerald Stern, Deborah Digges, Stephen Dunn
1995Marilyn Hacker[14]Winter NumbersMaxine Kumin, Cornelius Eady, Alice Fulton
1996Charles WrightChickamaugaPhilip Levine, Yusef Komunyakaa, Laurie Sheck
1997Robert PinskyThe Figured Wheel: New and Collected Poems 1966-1996Mark Doty, Susan Mitchell, Mary Oliver
1998Mark JarmanQuestions for EcclesiastesCharles Simic, Chase Twichell, Charles Wright
1999Wanda ColemanBathwater WineRafael Campo, Toi Derricotte, Marilyn Hacker
2000David FerryOf No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and TranslationsW. S. Di Piero, Mary Kinzie, Eleanor Wilner
2001Fanny HoweSelected PoemsElaine Equi, Ann Lauterbach, Bob Perelman
2002Madeline DeFreesBlue DuskJoy Harjo, Michael S. Harper, Lawson Inada
2003Eamon GrennanStill Life with WaterfallJudith Ortiz Cofer, Andrew Hudgins, Robert Wrigley
2004Donald Revell[15]My MojaveBrenda Hillman, Forrest Gander, Harryette Mullen
2005Anne WintersThe Displaced of Capital Louise Glück, Robert Pinsky, Alan Shapiro
2006Eleanor LermanOur Post-Soviet History UnfoldsCarl Dennis, Tony Hoagland, Carol Muske-Dukes
2007Alice NotleyGrave of Light: New and Selected Poems 1970–2005David Baker, Mark McMorris, Marie Ponsot
2008Henri Cole[16]Blackbird and Wolf Lucie Brock-Broido, B. H. Fairchild, John Koethe
2009Linda Gregg[2]All of It Singing: New and Selected PoemsDorianne Laux, J. D. McClatchy, James Richardson
2010John KoetheNinety-fifth StreetMarianne Boruch, David Kirby, John Yau
2011C.D. WrightOne With OthersMei-mei Berssenbrugge, D. A. Powell, Martha Ronk
2012David WojahnWorld TreeLinda Gregerson, David St. John, Natasha Trethewey
2013Patricia SmithShoulda Been Jimi SavannahCornelius Eady, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr
2014Rigoberto GonzálezUnpeopled EdenKwame Dawes, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Susan Stewart
2015Kevin YoungThe Book of HoursMarie Howe, A. Van Jordan, Donald Revell
2016Lynn EmanuelThe Nerve of It: Poems New and SelectedAmy Gerstler, Reginald Gibbons, Kimiko Hahn
2017Patrick RosalBrooklyn AntediluvianRigoberto González, Vijay Seshadri, Susan Wheeler
2018Craig Morgan TeicherThe Trembling AnswersLaura Kasischke, Campbell McGrath, Mary Szybist
2019Kyle DarganAnagnorisisMajor Jackson, Patricia Smith, David Wojahn
2020Hanif AbdurraqibA Fortune for Your DisasterGarrett Hongo, Tim Seibles, Raquel Salas Rivera

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  9. "Librarian of Congress Appoints Donald Hall Poet Laureate". Library of Congress. June 14, 2006.
  10. "Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky To Open 1998-99 Literary Series". Library of Congress. September 16, 1998.
  11. "Librarian of Congress Makes Unprecedented Poetry Appointments". Library of Congress. April 5, 1999.
  12. Miller, Marie-Jeanne A. (2005). "Brown, Sterling Allen". In Serafin; Bendixen, Alfred (eds.). The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-8264-1777-0. In 1980, the Collected Poems of S. A. B. was published and won deserving accolades and awards, notably the Lenore Marshall/Saturday Review Poetry Prize, given annually to the outstanding book of poems in the U.S..
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  15. November 29, 2004 | The Nation
  16. Henri Cole Wins $25,000 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | Daily News | Poets & Writers
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