National Chapbook Fellowship Explained

The Poetry Society of America's National Chapbook Fellowship is awarded once a year to two American poets under 30 years of age who have yet to publish a first book of poems. Two renowned poets select and introduce a winning manuscript for publication. Each winner receives an additional $1000 prize.

Winners

2009:

• A History of Waves by Haines Eason, selected by Mark Doty
• The Good News of the Ground by Heidi Johannesen Poon, selected by Cole Swensen

2008:

• Blue House by Christopher Nelson, selected by Mary Jo Bang
• Swerve by John Estes, selected by C.K. Williams

2007:

• Dear Wild Abandon by Andrew Michael Roberts, selected by Mark Strand
• Dream of Water by Kate Ingold, selected by Haryette Mullen

2006:

• Mayport by Maureen Thorson, selected by Heather McHugh
• The Eights by Dan Chelotti, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa

2005

• Guarding the Violins by Misty Harper, selected by Charles Simic
• What Remains by Stuart Greenhouse, selected by Brenda Hillman

2004

• Meditations by Joshua Poteat, selected by Mary Oliver
• Woman in a Boat by K. E. Allen, selected by Robert Creeley

2003

• Rowing Through Fog by Kerri Webster, selected by Carl Phillips
• The Morning Hour by Dawn Lundy Martin, selected by C. D. Wright