The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary award is an Award presented to an Author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work

This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA was initiated by Ed Ochester and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel. The University of Pittsburgh Press is a scholarly publishing house and a major American University press that is part of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Edwin Frank Ochester (born 1939 is an American Poet and editor. Frederick Armstrong Hetzel ( September 6, 1930 &mdash September 13, 2003) was an American Publisher and academic The prize is named for a former director of the Press. It has recognized and supported emerging poets and made their work available to readers around the world.

The award is open to any poet writing in English who has not had a full-length book published previously. A "full-length book" of poetry is defined as a volume of 48 or more pages published in an edition of 750 or more copies. The prize carries a cash award of $5,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the Pitt Poetry Series. The University of Pittsburgh Press is a scholarly publishing house and a major American University press that is part of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh The Pitt Poetry Series, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, is one of the largest and The winner is announced in the fall of each year.

Contents 1 Winners 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

Winners

• 2006 — Nancy Krygowski, Velocity
• 2005 — Rick Hilles, Brother Salvage: Poems
• 2004 — Aaron Smith (American poet), Blue on Blue Ground
• 2003 — David Shumate, High Water Mark
• 2002 — Shao Wei (American poet), Pulling a Dragon's Teeth
• 2001 — Gabriel Gudding, A Defense of Poetry
• 2000 — Quan Barry, Asylum
• 1999 — Daisy Fried, She Didn't Mean To Do It
• 1998 — Shara McCallum, The Water Between Us
• 1997 — Richard Blanco, City of a Hundred Fires
• 1996 — Helen Conkling, Red Peony Night
• 1995 — Sandy Solomon, Pears, Lake, Sun
• 1994 — Jan Beatty, Mad River
• 1993 — Natasha Saj, Red Under the Skin
• 1992 — Hunt Hawkins, The Domestic Life
• 1991 — Julia Kasdorf, Sleeping Preacher
• 1990 — Debra Allbery, Walking Distance
• 1989 — Nancy Vieira Couto, The Face in the Water
• 1988 — Maxine Scates, Toluca Street
• 1987 — David Rivard, Torque
• 1986 — Robley Wilson, Kingdoms of the Ordinary
• 1985 — Liz Rosenberg, The Fire Music
• 1984 — Arthur Smith (American poet), Elegy on Independence Day
• 1983 —Kate Daniels, The White Wave
• 1982 —Lawrence Joseph, Shouting at No One
• 1981 —Kathy Calloway, Heart of the Garfish

See also

• American poetry
• List of poetry awards
• List of literature awards
• List of years in poetry
• List of years in literature

References

• Ochester, Ed and Peter Oresick (1993). Events French public notary Patrick Huet unveils Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World in Lyon. Events October 7 &mdash Celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the first reading of Allen Ginsberg Events April 1 &mdash Foetrycom Web site is launched for the announced purpose of "Exposing fraudulent contests Events January 29 &mdash Poet Dana Gioia, who had retired early from his career as a corporate executive at General Foods to write full time becomes Events March 16: Authorities in Saudi Arabia arrested and jailed poet Abdul Mohsen Musalam and fired a newspaper editor following the Events Immediately after the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks W Events Griffin Poetry Prize is established with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English Events July 1 &mdash Scotland's Parliament opened with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That" instead of "God Save Events Samizdat poetry magazine founded in Chicago (it will run until 2004) Events January 20 &mdash Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem "Of History and Hope" at President Clinton's inauguration Events National Poetry Month was established by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996 as way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in Events February 16 &mdash Announcement that 300 poems by ST Coleridge have been discovered February 17 &mdash Sotheby's Events Allen Ginsberg sells his papers to Stanford University for $1 million Jan Beatty is an American poet Career Beatty’s poetry has appeared in Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, Indiana Review, and Court Green Events January 20 &mdash Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton T Events The Forward Book of Poetry an annual anthology of best British poems is published for the first time by the Forward Poetry Trust Events Forward Poetry Prize created Dana Gioia, writing in The Atlantic Monthly suggests (in an article titled "Can Julia Kasdorf (born December 6, 1962) is an American Poet. Born Julia Spicher in Lewistown Pennsylvania, she grew up in the suburbs Events Allen Ginsberg crowned "Majelis King" in Prague on May Day Works published in English Australia Events Dead Poets Society, a film incorporating excerpts from many traditional poets ending with the title and opening line of Walt Whitman's lament on the Events The first annual The Best American Poetry volume is published this year Events Charles Bukowski, fictionalised as alter ego Henry Chinaski becomes the subject of the film Barfly starring Mickey Rourke Events New American Writing, an annual literary magazine concentrating on poetry is founded in Chicago Illinois. Events The term " New Formalism " was first used in the article "The Yuppie Poet" in the May 1985 issue of the AWP Newsletter in an Events December 19 - Philip Larkin turns down the British Poet Laureateship and Ted Hughes becomes Poet Laureate Events Works published in English Australia Les Murray, The People's Otherworld, winner of the 1984 Kenneth Slessor Events Final edition of This Magazine published March 1 - Dylan Thomas was posthumously honoured by a floor plaque Lawrence Joseph (b 1948 in Detroit, Michigan, US) is an American Poet, Writer, Events Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine published First issue of Conjunctions literary journal published The poetry of the United States arose first during its beginnings as the constitutionally unified Thirteen colonies (although before this a strong This is a list of awards that are or have been given out to writers of Poetry, either for a specific poem collection of poems or body of work A list of famous Prizes Medals and Awards including cups trophies, Bowls Badges State decorations etc This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order This page gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order with notable publications listed with their respective years The Pittsburgh Book of Contemporary American Poetry. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 0-8229-5506-7.  

External links

• The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize Homepage

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