The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America "for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year". Poetry Society of America Web site, Web page titled "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines", accessed October 28, 2006
The award was established by the family and friends of the poet and children's book author Norma Farber. The award comes with a $500 prize.
Winners YearWinnerTitleJudge2026Esther LinCold Thief PlaceMaya C. Popa 2025 Jimin Seo OSSIA Phillip B. Williams 2024 Simon Shieh Master Rio Cortez2023Paul Hlava Ceballosbanana [ ]Chase Berggrun2022 Amanda Larson Gut (Omnidawn)Mark Bibbins2021 Taylor Johnson Inheritance Francine J. Harris2020 Zaina Alsous A Theory of Birds Matthew Shenoda2019 Anna Maria Hong Age of Glass Geoffrey G. O'Brien2018 Eve L. Ewing Electric Arches Elizabeth Macklin2017 Vincent Toro Stereo. Island. Mosaic. Natalie Diaz2016 Magdalena Zurawski [Companion Animal] Jennifer Moxley2015 Cathy Linh Che Split Adrian Matejka2014 r. erica doyle proxy Maggie Nelson2013 Nick Twemlow Palm Tree Timothy Liu2012 Emily Kendal Frey The Grief Performance Dana Levin2011 John Beer The Wasteland and Other Poems Bin Ramke2010 Scott Coffel Toucans in the Arctic Edward Hirsch2009Richard Deming Let’s Not Call It Consequence Martha Ronk2008Catherine Imbriglio Parts of the Mass Thylias Moss2007Kate Colby Fruitlands Rosmarie Waldrop2006Cammy Thomas Cathedral of Wish Medbh McGuckian 2005Karen An-hwei Lee In Medias Res Cole Swensen 2004Brenda Coultas A Handmade Museum Lyn Hejinian2003Sean Singer Discography Allen Grossman2002Jennifer Michael Hecht The Next Ancient World David Lehman2001V. Penelope Pelizzon Nostos August Kleinzahler2000Lisa Lubasch How Many More of Them Are You? John Yau1999Hettie Jones Drive: Poems Naomi Shihab Nye1998Rebecca Reynolds Daughter of the Hangnail Ann Lauterbach1997Susan Yuzna Her Slender Dress Michael Weaver1995Barbara Hamby Delirium Web page titled "University of North Texas Press: Award winning titles", accessed October 28, 20061994Sophie Cabot Black The Misunderstanding of Nature"Daylong literary fete to feature award-winning poets" article in the Harvard University Gazette, April 4, 20031993Susan Wheeler Bag O' Diamonds James Tate1992Timothy Liu Vox Angelica Carolyn Forche1991Karl Kirchwey A Wandering Island
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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External links Poetry Society of America Awards Guidelines page