LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE 1975-2002

In 1994 The Academy of American Poets was selected by the New Hope Foundation to administer the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize in conjunction with The Nation magazine. Established in 1975, this $10,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. Submissions are accepted each year from April 1 to June 1. The Prize honors the memory of Lenore Marshall (1897-1971), a poet, novelist, essayist, and political activist. The contest is open to books by living American poets published in a standard edition (40 pages or more in length and 500 or more copies); self-published books are not eligible. The winners of the award from 1975-2002 are as follows: