New York Chapbook Fellowship Explained

The Poetry Society of America's New York Chapbook Fellowship is awarded once a year to two New York 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:

• The Sundering by Stephanie Adams-Santos, selected by Linda Gregg
• Lure by Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, selected by Arthur Sze

2008:

• Ave, Materia by Jean Hartig, selected by Fanny Howe
• The Category of Outcast by CJ Evans, selected by Terrance Hayes

2007:

• Monster Theory by Lytton Smith, selected by Kevin Young
• The Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds &c. by Carey McHugh, selected by Rae Armantrout

2006:

• Locket, Master by Maya Pindyck, selected by Paul Muldoon
• On animate life: its profligacy, organ meats, etc. by Jessica Fjeld, selected by Lyn Hejinian

2005

• Cold Work by Cecily Parks, selected by Li-Young Lee
• The Next Country by Idra Novey, selected by Carolyn Forche

2004

• Gilda by Andrea Baker, selected by Claudia Rankine
• Speaking Past the Tongue by Justin Goldberg, selected by Henri Cole

2003

• Forget Rita by Paul Killebrew, selected by John Ashbery
• The Misremembered World by Tess Taylor, selected by Eavan Boland

See also

• Poetry Society of America
• List of American literary awards
• List of poetry awards

External links

• http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/awards/chapbook_fellowship/ Poetry Society of America chapbook fellowships page