List of winners of the Wallace Stevens Award


List of winners of the Wallace Stevens Award. Originally named for its donor Dorothea Tanning, the Wallace Stevens Award was established in 1994 and is being administered by the Academy of American Poets, to "recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry"; it carries a prize of $100,000. Receipt of the prize has been among the distinctions noted by the Library of Congress when the Poet Laureate of the United States is named.
"It's a very sweet award, there's no doubt about that," 2004 winner Mark Strand said. "It's so meaningful to know that you're thought well enough of by your peers that they think you deserve something like this." "
YearPoetJudges-
2019Rita Dove-
2018Sonia Sanchez-
2017Jorie GrahamElizabeth Alexander, Toi Derricotte, Ellen Bass, Forrest Gander, Linda Gregerson, Terrance Hayes, Brenda Hillman, Jane Hirshfield, Khaled Mattawa, Marilyn Nelson, Alicia Ostriker, Claudia Rankine, Alberto Ríos, David St. John, Arthur Sze
2016Sharon OldsElizabeth Alexander, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Linda Gregerson, Brenda Hillman, Jane Hirshfield, Juan Felipe Herrera, Khaled Mattawa, Marilyn Nelson, Alicia Ostriker, Claudia Rankine, Alberto Ríos, Arthur Sze, Anne Waldman
2015Joy HarjoElizabeth Alexander, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Linda Gregerson, Jane Hirshfield, Juan Felipe Herrera, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Khaled Mattawa, Alicia Ostriker, Claudia Rankine, Alberto Ríos, Arthur Sze, C. D. Wright, Anne Waldman-
2014Robert HassVictor Hernández Cruz, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Marilyn Hacker, Juan Felipe Herrera, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, Khaled Mattawa, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ron Padgett, Marie Ponsot, Claudia Rankine, Alberto Ríos, Arthur Sze, Anne Waldman, C. D. Wright-
2013Philip LevineToi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Marilyn Hacker, Juan Felipe Herrera, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, Marilyn Nelson, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marie Ponsot, Claudia Rankine, Arthur Sze, Anne Waldman, C. D. Wright-
2012Gary SnyderVictor Hernández Cruz, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Hejinian, Edward Hirsch, Jane Hirshfield, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Marie Ponsot, Arthur Sze, and Anne Waldman-
2011Yusef KomunyakaaVictor Hernández Cruz, Mark Doty, Rita Dove, Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Hejinian, Edward Hirsch, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Marie Ponsot, Kay Ryan, Gerald Stern, and Anne Waldman-
2010Galway KinnellVictor Hernández Cruz, Rita Dove, Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Hejinian, Edward Hirsch, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Marie Ponsot, Kay Ryan, Susan Stewart, Gerald Stern, and C. K. Williams-
2009Jean ValentineFrank Bidart, Victor Hernández Cruz, Rita Dove, Marilyn Hacker, Lyn Hejinian, Edward Hirsch, Sharon Olds, Ron Padgett, Carl Phillips, Robert Pinsky, Kay Ryan, Susan Stewart, Gerald Stern, Ellen Bryant Voigt, and C. K. Williams-
2008Louise GlückFrank 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-
2007Charles SimicFrank 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-
2006Michael PalmerRobert Hass, Fanny Howe, Susan Stewart, Arthur Sze, and Dean Young-
2005Gerald SternFrank Bidart, Lucille Clifton, Toi Derricotte, Sharon Olds, and Kevin Young-
2004Mark StrandRosanna Warren, Jonathan Aaron, W. S. DiPiero, Jane Hirshfield, Lynne McMahon-
2003Richard WilburAlice Fulton, Glyn Maxwell, Heather McHugh, C. K. Williams, and Al Young-
2002Ruth StoneMarie Howe, Galway Kinnell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dorianne Laux, Philip Levine-
2001John AshberyCharles Bernstein, Susan Howe, Harryette Mullen, Geoffrey O'Brien, Cole Swensen-
2000Frank BidartEavan Boland, Louise Glück, Wendy Lesser, James Longenbach, Carl Phillips-
1999Jackson Mac LowFrank Bidart, Robert Creeley, Sharon Olds, Marjorie Perloff, John Yau-
1998A. R. AmmonsEdward Hirsch, Richard Howard, Stephen Sandy, Susan Stewart, Helen Vendler-
1997Anthony HechtHarold Bloom, Debora Greger, John Hollander, Heather McHugh, Mark Strand-
1996Adrienne RichThom Gunn, Marilyn Hacker, Daniel Hoffman, David Wagoner, Rosanna Warren-
1995James TateJohn Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Charles Simic-
1994W. S. MerwinJames Merrill, Carolyn Kizer, J. D. McClatchy-