Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the U.S. Poet Laureate, and are expected to participate in a poetry reading at the Library of Congress in October and to organize a poetry reading in their respective cities.
List of Fellows 2017 — Ray Gonzalez 2016 — Allison Adelle Hedge Coke 2015 — Emily Fragos and Bobby C. Rogers 2014 — Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, and Jake Adam York (posthumous) 2013 — Sharon Dolin and Shara McCallum 2012 — L. S. Asekoff and Sheila Black 2011 — Forrest Gander and Robert Bringhurst 2010 — Jill McDonough and Atsuro Riley 2009 — Christina Davis and Mary Szybist 2008 — Matthew Thorburn and Monica Youn 2007 — Laurie Lamon and David Tucker 2006 — Joseph Stroud and Connie Wanek 2005 — Claudia Emerson and Martin Walls 2004 — Dana Levin and Spencer Reece 2003 — Major Jackson and Rebecca Wee 2002 — George Bilgere and Katia Kapovich 2001 — Tory Dent and Nick Flynn 2000 — Naomi Shihab Nye and Joshua Weiner 1999 — David Gewanter, Heather McHugh, and Campbell McGrath 1998 — Carl Phillips and Carol Muske-Dukes
See also Witter Bynner Poetry Prize American poetry List of poetry awards List of literary awards List of years in poetry List of years in literature
References
External links The Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry website Library of Congress web page on Witter Bynner Fellowships