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The James Laughlin Award , formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize , is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book. The award is given by the Academy of American Poets , and is noted as one of the major prizes awarded to younger poets in the United States.[ 1]
In 1959, Harvey Shapiro referred to the award as "roughly, a Pulitzer for bardlings."[ 2]
Laughlin Award Winners (1996–present)[ edit ]
This partial listing is taken from the website of the Academy of American Poets.[ 3]
Year
Poet
Book
Judges
2022
Annelyse Gelman
Vexations
Solmaz Sharif , Aracelis Girmay
2021
James Cagney
Martian
Aimee Nezhukumatathil , Mark Bibbins , Ladan Osman
2020
Chet'la Sebree
Field Study
Rick Barot , Gabrielle Calvocoressi , Honorée Fanonne Jeffers [ 4]
2019
Aditi Machado
Emporium
Gillian Conoley , Fady Joudah , Cole Swensen
2018
Geffrey Davis
Night Angler
Patricia Spears Jones , Craig Santos Perez , Prageeta Sharma
2017
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Bury It
Tyehimba Jess , Ruth Ellen Kocher , Jill McDonough
2016
Mary Hickman
Rayfish
Ellen Bass , Jericho Brown , Carmen Giménez Smith
2015
Kathryn Nuernberger
The End of Pink
Francisco X. Alarcón , Aimee Nezhukumatathil , D. Nurske
2014
Brian Blanchfield
A Several World
Lee Ann Brown , Tina Chang , C. S. Giscombe
2013
Jillian Weise
The Book of Goodbyes
Jeffrey McDaniel , Brenda Shaughnessy , Susan Wheeler
2012
Catherine Barnett
The Game of Boxes
April Bernard , Cyrus Cassells , Dana Levin (poet)
2011
Anna Moschovakis
You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake
Juliana Spahr , Brian Teare , Mónica de la Torre
2010
Michael Dickman
Flies
Laure-Anne Bosselaar , Major Jackson , Michael Ryan
2009
Jennifer K. Sweeney [ 5]
How to Live on Bread and Music
Robin Becker , Bob Hicok , Afaa M. Weaver
2008
Rusty Morrison [ 6]
the true keeps calm biding its story [ 7]
Rae Armantrout , Claudia Rankine , Bruce Smith
2007
Brenda Shaughnessy
Human Dark with Sugar
Peter Gizzi , Matthea Harvey , Caroline Knox
2006
Tracy K. Smith
Duende
Elizabeth Alexander , Kimiko Hahn , Terrance Hayes
2005
Barbara Jane Reyes
Poeta en San Francisco
James Longenbach , Susan Stewart , Elizabeth Alexander
2004
Jeff Clark
Music and Suicide
Elizabeth Alexander , Mary Jo Bang , Susan Stewart
2003
Vijay Seshadri
The Long Meadow
Mary Jo Bang , Thom Gunn , Campbell McGrath
2002
Karen Volkman
Spar
Mary Jo Bang , Daniel Hall , Campbell McGrath
2001
Peter Johnson
Miracles & Mortifications
Daniel Hall , Campbell McGrath , Marilyn Nelson
2000
Liz Waldner
A Point Is That Which Has No Part
Agha Shahid Ali , Lynn Emanuel , Marilyn Nelson
1999
Tory Dent
HIV, Mon Amour
Lynn Emanuel , Yusef Komunyakaa , Marilyn Nelson
1998
Sandra Alcosser
Except by Nature
Lynn Emanuel , Yusef Komunyakaa , David St. John
1997
Tony Hoagland
Donkey Gospel
Yusef Komunyakaa , Heather McHugh , William Matthews
1996
David Rivard
Wise Poison
Heather McHugh , William Matthews , David St. John
Lamont Poetry Selections (1975–1995)[ edit ]
Year
Poet
Book
Judges
1995
Ralph Angel
Neither World
Richard Kenney , Heather McHugh , David St. John
1994
Brigit Pegeen Kelly
Song
Jorie Graham , Richard Kenney , David St. John
1993
Rosanna Warren
Stained Glass
Amy Clampitt , Jorie Graham , Richard Kenney
1992
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Wildwood Flower
Lucille Clifton , Jorie Graham , Robert Morgan
1991
Susan Wood
Campo Santo
Marvin Bell , Lucille Clifton , Robert Morgan
1990
Li-Young Lee
The City in Which I Love You
Marvin Bell , Sandra McPherson , Robert Morgan
1989
Minnie Bruce Pratt
Crime Against Nature
Marvin Bell , Alfred Corn , Sandra McPherson
1988
Mary Jo Salter
Unfinished Painting
Alfred Corn , Sandra McPherson , Mary Oliver
1987
Garrett Hongo
The River of Heaven
Philip Booth , Alfred Corn , Mary Oliver
1986
Jane Shore
The Minute Hand
Philip Booth , Louise Glück , Mary Oliver
1985
Cornelius Eady
Victims of the Latest Dance Craze
Philip Booth , Louise Glück , Charles Simic
1984
Philip Schultz
Deep Within the Ravine
Louise Glück , Charles Simic , David Wagoner
1983
Sharon Olds [ 8]
The Dead and the Living
June Jordan , Charles Simic , David Wagoner
1982
Margaret Gibson
Long Walks in the Afternoon
June Jordan , Richard Shelton , David Wagoner
1981
Carolyn Forché
The Country Between Us
William Harmon , June Jordan , Richard Shelton
1980
Michael Van Walleghen
More Trouble with the Obvious
William Harmon , Maxine Kumin , Richard Shelton
1979
Frederick Seidel
Sunrise
William Harmon , Maxine Kumin
1978
Ai
Killing Floor
Maxine Kumin , Philip Levine , Charles Wright
1977
Gerald Stern
Lucky Life
Alan Dugan , Philip Levine , Charles Wright
1976
Larry Levis
The Afterlife
Alan Dugan , Michael Harper , Philip Levine
1975
Lisel Mueller
The Private Life
Alan Dugan , John Haines , Michael Harper
Lamont Poetry Selections (1954–1974)[ edit ]
For the first 20 years, a poet's first published volume was the annual Lamont Poetry Selection.
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Beach, Christopher (1999). Poetic Culture . Northwestern University Press. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8101-1678-8 . The vast majority of those winning the major awards for younger poets over the last two decades (Guggenheims, Lamont prizes, the National Poetry Series, for example) have held graduate degrees in creative writing.
^ Shapiro, Harvey (August 9, 1959). "The Timbre of Three New Voices" . The New York Times . Retrieved 2009-05-15 .
^ "James Laughlin Award" . Academy of American Poets . Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
^ "The Academy of American Poets Announces the Recipients of the 2020 American Poets Prizes" . The Academy of American Poets . Retrieved 19 February 2021 .
^ Academy of American Poets > Jennifer K. Sweeney Receives the James Laughlin Award
^ Five Berkeley Authors Win Northern California Book Awards , Berkeley Daily Planet, April 30, 2009
^ [1] Archived December 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ Sharon Olds Receives Lamont Poetry Award New York Times, September 18, 1983