The William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America for a poetry book published by a small press, non-profit, or university press.
The award is endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet and author of short stories and former vice-president of the society. The award is a "purchase prize" of $500 to $1000. The winning book is distributed to members of the PSA.
2014 Ron Padgett, Collected Poems, Judge: Thomas Lux
2013 Naomi Replansky, Collected Poems, Judge: B. H. Fairchild
2012 Bruce Smith, Devotions, Judge: Elizabeth Macklin
2011 Mary Ruefle, Selected Poems, Judge: Rodney Jones
2010 Eleanor Ross Taylor, Captive Voices, Judge: Lynn Emanuel
2009 Linda Gregg, All of It Singing: New and Selected Poems, Judge: James Longenbach
2008 Aram Saroyan, Complete Minimal Poems, Judge: Ron Silliman
2007 Matthew Zapruder, The Pajamaist
2006 Brenda Hillman of Kensington, California, Pieces of Air in the Epic
2004 Anthony Butts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Little Low Heaven, Judge: Lucie Brock-Broido
2003 Gary Young, No Other Life, Judge: Angela Jackson
2002 Li-Young Lee, Book of My Nights (American Poets Continuum), Judge: Carolyn Kizer
2001 Ralph J. Mills, Grasses Standing: Selected Poems, Judge: Fanny Howe
2000 Kathleen Peirce, The Oval Hour (Iowa Poetry Prize) Judge: Jean Valentine
1999 B.H. Fairchild, The Art of the Lathe (Working Classics) Judge: Garrett Hongo
1998 John Balaban, Locusts at the Edge of Summer: New and Selected Poems, Judge: Robert Phillips
1995 Cyrus Cassells, Soul Make a Path Through Shouting
1994 David Ray, Wool Highways
1992 Louise Glück, The Wild Iris
1989 Diane Wakoski, Emerald Ice: Selected Poems 1962-1987
1987 Alan Shapiro, Happy Hour
1980 Robert Hass, Praise
1979 David Ray, The Tramp's Cup
1978 David Lincoln Fisher, Teachings
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