| Year | Prize Amount |
| 1983 | $25,000 |
Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on October 8, 1925, Philip Booth spent much of his childhood in Castine, Maine. After returning from Air Force service in World War II, Booth studied with Robert Frost as a freshman at Dartmouth College and, upon obtaining his M.A. in English from Columbia University, returned to Dartmouth to teach English.