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The James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a poet's second book. It is the only second-book award for poetry in the United States. Offered since 1954, the award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936.
Only manuscripts already under contract with publishers are considered for the James Laughlin Award. The Academy awards the winning poet a cash prize of $5,000 and purchases copies of the book for distribution to its members.
The judges for 2013 are Jeffrey McDaniel, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Susan Wheeler.
Submissions are accepted each year from January 1 to May 15. An entry form, signed by the publisher, is required. To obtain the guidelines and an entry form for the James Laughlin Award, please follow the link below or send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Academy in January. The winner will be announced in September.
Guidelines and Entry Form |
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Winners & Judges
| Year |
Poet |
Title |
Judges |
| 2012 |
Catherine Barnett |
The Game of Boxes |
April Bernard, Cyrus Cassells, and Dana Levin |
| 2011 |
Anna Moschovakis |
You and Three Others Are Approaching a Lake |
Juliana Spahr, Brian Teare, Mónica de la Torre |
| 2010 |
Michael Dickman |
Flies |
Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Major Jackson, Michael Ryan. |
| 2009 |
Jennifer K. Sweeney |
How to Live on Bread and Music |
Robin Becker, Bob Hicok, Afaa M. Weaver |
| 2008 |
Rusty Morrison |
the true keeps calm biding its story |
Rae Armantrout, Claudia Rankine, Bruce Smith |
| 2007 |
Brenda Shaughnessy |
Human Dark with Sugar |
Peter Gizzi, Matthea Harvey, Caroline Knox |
| 2006 |
Tracy K. Smith |
Duende |
Elizabeth Alexander, Kimiko Hahn, Terrance Hayes |
| 2005 |
Barbara Jane Reyes |
Poeta en San Francisco |
James Longenbach, Susan Stewart, Elizabeth Alexander |
| 2004 |
Jeff Clark |
Music and Suicide |
Elizabeth Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, Susan Stewart |
| 2003 |
Vijay Seshadri |
The Long Meadow |
Mary Jo Bang, Thom Gunn, Campbell McGrath |
| 2002 |
Karen Volkman |
Spar |
Mary Jo Bang, Daniel Hall, Campbell McGrath |
| 2001 |
Peter Johnson |
Miracles & Mortifications |
Daniel Hall, Campbell McGrath, Marilyn Nelson |
| 2000 |
Liz Waldner |
A Point Is That Which Has No Part |
Agha Shahid Ali, Lynn Emanuel, Marilyn Nelson |
| 1999 |
Tory Dent |
HIV, Mon Amour |
Lynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, Marilyn Nelson |
| 1998 |
Sandra Alcosser |
Except by Nature |
Lynn Emanuel, Yusef Komunyakaa, David St. John |
| 1997 |
Tony Hoagland |
Donkey Gospel |
Yusef Komunyakaa, Heather McHugh, William Matthews |
| 1996 |
David Rivard |
Wise Poison |
Heather McHugh, William Matthews, David St. John |
| 1995 |
Ralph Angel |
Neither World |
Richard Kenney, Heather McHugh, David St. John |
| 1994 |
Brigit Pegeen Kelly |
Song |
Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney, David St. John |
| 1993 |
Rosanna Warren |
Stained Glass |
Amy Clampitt, Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney |
| 1992 |
Kathryn Stripling Byer |
Wildwood Flower |
Lucille Clifton, Jorie Graham, Robert Morgan |
| 1991 |
Susan Wood |
Campo Santo |
Marvin Bell, Lucille Clifton, Robert Morgan |
| 1990 |
Li-Young Lee |
The City in Which I Love You |
Marvin Bell, Sandra McPherson, Robert Morgan |
| 1989 |
Minnie Bruce Pratt |
Crime Against Nature |
Marvin Bell, Alfred Corn, Sandra McPherson |
| 1988 |
Mary Jo Salter |
Unfinished Painting |
Alfred Corn, Sandra McPherson, Mary Oliver |
| 1987 |
Garrett Kaoru Hongo |
The River of Heaven |
Philip Booth, Alfred Corn, Mary Oliver |
| 1986 |
Jane Shore |
The Minute Hand |
Philip Booth, Louise Glück, Mary Oliver |
| 1985 |
Cornelius Eady |
Victims of the Latest Dance Craze |
Philip Booth, Louise Glück, Charles Simic |
| 1984 |
Philip Schultz |
Deep Within the Ravine |
Louise Glück, Charles Simic, David Wagoner |
| 1983 |
Sharon Olds |
The Dead and the Living |
June Jordan, Charles Simic, David Wagoner |
| 1982 |
Margaret Gibson |
Long Walks in the Afternoon |
June Jordan, Richard Shelton, David Wagoner |
| 1981 |
Carolyn Forché |
The Country Between Us |
William Harmon, June Jordan, Richard Shelton |
| 1980 |
Michael Van Walleghen |
More Trouble with the Obvious |
William Harmon, Maxine Kumin, Richard Shelton |
| 1979 |
Frederick Seidel |
Sunrise |
William Harmon, Maxine Kumin |
| 1978 |
Ai |
Killing Floor |
Maxine Kumin, Philip Levine, Charles Wright |
| 1977 |
Gerald Stern |
Lucky Life |
Alan Dugan, Philip Levine, Charles Wright |
| 1976 |
Larry Levis |
The Afterlife |
Alan Dugan, Michael Harper, Philip Levine |
| 1975 |
Lisel Mueller |
The Private Life |
Alan Dugan, John Haines, Michael Harper |
| 1974 |
John Balaban |
After Our War |
John Haines, Michael Harper, Mona Van Duyn |
| 1973 |
Marilyn Hacker |
Presentation Piece |
John Haines, Richard Howard, Mona Van Duyn |
| 1972 |
Peter Everwine |
Collecting the Animals |
Michael Benedikt, Richard Howard, Mona Van Duyn |
| 1971 |
Stephen Dobyns |
Concurring Beasts |
Michael Benedikt, Richard Howard, James Merrill |
| 1970 |
William Harmon |
Treasury Holiday |
Michael Benedikt, Hayden Carruth, Richard Hugo, Donald Justice, James Merrill |
| 1969 |
Marvin Bell |
A Probable Volume of Dreams |
Hayden Carruth, Donald Hall, Richard Hugo, Donald Justice, James Merrill |
| 1968 |
Jane Cooper |
The Weather of Six Mornings |
Hayden Carruth, Donald Hall, Donald Justice, William Stafford, James Wright |
| 1967 |
James Scully |
The Marches |
James Dickey, Donald Hall, Anthony Hecht, William Stafford, James Wright |
| 1966 |
Kenneth O. Hanson |
The Distance Anywhere |
James Dickey, Anthony Hecht, William Stafford, May Swenson, James Wright |
| 1965 |
Henri Coulette |
The War of the Secret Agents |
James Dickey, Anthony Hecht, Louis Simpson, W. D. Snodgrass, May Swenson |
| 1964 |
Adrien Stoutenburg |
Heroes, Advise Us |
Thomas Hornsby Ferril, William Meredith, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith, May Swenson |
| 1963 |
No award |
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Thomas Hornsby Ferril, William Jay Smith |
| 1962 |
Edward Field |
Stand Up, Friend, With Me |
Edward Davison, Babette Deutsch, Thomas Hornsby Ferril, William Jay Smith, Mark Van Doren |
| 1961 |
X. J. Kennedy |
Nude Descending a Staircase |
Edward Davison, Babette Deutsch, Paul Engle, William Jay Smith |
| 1960 |
Robert Mezey |
The Lovemaker |
Edward Davison, Babette Deutsch, Paul Engle, Louis Untermeyer, Robert Penn Warren |
| 1959 |
Donald Justice |
The Summer Anniversaries |
Rosemary Benét, Richard Eberhart, Paul Engle, Louise Townsend Nicholl, Robert Penn Warren |
| 1958 |
Ned O'Gorman |
The Night of the Hammer |
Rosemary Benét, Richard Eberhart, Louise Townsend Nicholl, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur |
| 1957 |
Daniel Berrigan, S. J. |
Time Without Number |
Rosemary Benét, Richard Eberhart, John Holmes, Louise Townsend Nicholl, Richard Wilbur |
| 1956 |
Philip Booth |
Letter from a Distant Land |
Louise Bogan, John Holmes, Rolfe Humphries, May Sarton, Richard Wilbur |
| 1955 |
Donald Hall |
Exiles and Marriages |
Louise Bogan, John Holmes, Rolfe Humphries, Randall Jarrell, May Sarton |
| 1954 |
Constance Carrier |
The Middle Voice |
Louise Bogan, Rolfe Humphries, Randall Jarrell, May Sarton, Mark Van Doren |
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