(This award is offered every other year in even-numbered years.)
1994 Jane Kenyon
1996 Franz Wright
1998 C. K. Williams
2000 Heather McHugh
2002 Frederick Seidel
2004 Robert Pinsky
2006 Linda Gregg
2008 Kimiko Hahn
2010 Marilyn Hacker
2012 Toi Derricotte
2014 Frank Bidart
2016 Ed Roberson