The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is an American prize that is one of the world's most lucrative poetry awards. It is presented to an emerging poet who has not yet received great fame or success, but who does have an established body of work. The winner of the award receives $100,000. The award was created by Kate Tufts in honour of her late husband Kingsley Tufts. She also created the smaller Kate Tufts Discovery Award which goes to a first time poet. Winners:
| 2007: | Rodney Jones | Salvation Blues |
| 2006: | Lucia Perillo | Luck Is Luck |
| 2005: | Michael Ryan | New and Selected Poems |
| 2004: | Henri Cole | Middle Earth |
| 2003: | Linda Gregerson | Waterborne |
| 2002: | Carl Phillips | The Tether |
| 2001: | Alan Shapiro | The Dead Alive and Busy |
| 2000: | Robert Wrigley | Reign of Snakes |
| 1999: | B.H. Fairchild | The Art of the Lathe |
| 1998: | John Koethe | Falling Water |
| 1997: | Campbell McGrath | Spring Comes to Chicago |
| 1996: | Deborah Digges | Rough Music |
| 1995: | Thomas Lux | Split Horizon |
| 1994: | Yusef Komunyakaa | Neon Vernacular |
| 1993: | Susan Mitchell | Rapture |
See also
- American poetry
- List of poetry awards
- List of literature awards
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
External links
- [1]Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award & Kate Tufts Discovery Award home page
