(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