PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature.

The award is one of many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN affiliates in over 145 PEN centers around the world. The PEN America awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.

Winners +PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry winnersYearRecipientJudgesRef.1994199619982000200220042006Michael Hofmann, Timothy Liu, and Vijay Seshadri2008Kwame Dawes, Mark Doty, and Marie Howe2010Christopher Ricks, Marie Ponsot, and David Ferry2012Dan Chiasson, Aracelis Girmay, and A. Van Jordan2014Peg Boyers, Toi Derricotte, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips2016Catherine Barnett, Jericho Brown, and Tina Chang2018Ed Roberson, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Ocean Vuong2020Cornelius Eady, Linda Gregerson, Deborah Paredez, and Monica Youn20212022Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Lia Purpura, and Safiya Sinclair20232025

See also American poetry List of poetry awards List of literary awards List of years in poetry List of years in literature

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