The New Criterion Poetry Prize
the winner of the the ninth annual New Criterion Poetry Prize for a book length manuscript of poems that pay close attention to form.
by William Virgil Davis Judges:
Elizabeth Spires, Richard Wilbur & David Yezzi
Mr. Davis will receive $3,000 and the winning manuscript will be published by Ivan R. Dee, Chicago.
The editors of The New Criterion are pleased to announce that
Previous winners:![]() Taking the Occasion Daniel Brown’s book Taking the Occasion, winner of the eighth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
J. Allyn Rosser’s book Foiled Again, winner of the seventh annual New Criterion poetry prize, is now available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.) The God of this World to His Prophet Bill Coyle’s book The God of this World to His Prophet, winner of the sixth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Geoffrey Brock’s book Weighing Light, winner of the fifth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Deborah Warren’s book Zero Meridian, winner of the fourth annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Charles Tomlinson’s book Skywriting and Other Poems, winner of the third annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
Adam Kirsch’s The Thousand Wells, winner of the second annual New Criterion poetry prize, is available from Ivan R. Dee. (Click here for more information.)
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