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The Wallace Stevens Award is given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry. Established in 1994, the award now carries a stipend of $100,000 for the recipient. No applications are accepted. |
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Winners and Judges:
| Year |
Winner |
Judges |
| 2009 |
Jean Valentine |
Frank Bidart, Victor Hernández Cruz, Rita Dove, Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Hejinian, Edward Hirsch, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, Gary Snyder, Susan Stewart, Gerald Stern, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and C. K. Williams |
| 2008 |
Louise Glück |
Frank Bidart, Victor Hernández Cruz, Rita Dove, Lyn Hejinian, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, Gary Snyder, Susan Stewart, Gerald Stern, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and C. K. Williams |
| 2007 |
Charles Simic |
Frank Bidart, Rita Dove, Robert Hass, Lyn Hejinian, Galway Kinnell, Nathaniel Mackey, Sharon Olds, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, Gary Snyder, Gerald Stern, Susan Stewart, James Tate, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and C. K. Williams |
| 2006 |
Michael Palmer |
Robert Hass, Fanny Howe, Susan Stewart, Arthur Sze, and Dean Young |
| 2005 |
Gerald Stern |
Frank Bidart, Lucille Clifton, Toi Derricotte, Sharon Olds, and Kevin Young |
| 2004 |
Mark Strand |
Rosanna Warren, Jonathan Aaron, W. S. DiPiero, Jane Hirshfield, Lynne McMahon |
| 2003 |
Richard Wilbur |
Alice Fulton, Glyn Maxwell, Heather McHugh, C. K. Williams, and Al Young |
| 2002 |
Ruth Stone |
Marie Howe, Galway Kinnell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Philip Levine |
| 2001 |
John Ashbery |
Charles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Harryette Mullen, Geoffrey O'Brien, Cole Swensen |
| 2000 |
Frank Bidart |
Eavan Boland, Louise Glück, Wendy Lesser, James Longenbach, Carl Phillips |
| 1999 |
Jackson Mac Low |
Frank Bidart, Robert Creeley, Sharon Olds, Marjorie Perloff, John Yau |
| 1998 |
A. R. Ammons |
Edward Hirsch, Richard Howard, Stephen Sandy, Susan Stewart, Helen Vendler |
| 1997 |
Anthony Hecht |
Harold Bloom, Debora Greger, John Hollander, Heather McHugh, Mark Strand |
| 1996 |
Adrienne Rich |
Thom Gunn, Marilyn Hacker, Daniel Hoffman, David Wagoner, Rosanna Warren |
| 1995 |
James Tate |
John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Charles Simic |
| 1994 |
W. S. Merwin |
James Merrill, Carolyn Kizer, J. D. McClatchy | |
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