| Year | Prize Amount |
| 2005 | $100,000 |
Gerald Stern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1925. His recent books of poetry include Divine Nothingness: Poems (W. W. Norton, 2014), In Beauty Bright: Poems (W. W. Norton, 2012), and Early Collected Poems: 1965-1992 (W. W. Norton, 2010).