The Akron Poetry Prize is an annual contest held by The University of Akron Press. The competition is open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives an honorarium of $1,500 and publication of his or her book in the Akron Series in Poetry. The final selection is made by a nationally prominent poet. The final judge for 2025 was Eduardo C. Corral. Other manuscripts may also be considered for publication by the Series Editor. Past editor's choice selections have included books by John Gallaher, David Dodd Lee, and Sarah Perrier.Akron Poetry Prize guidelinesAkron Series in Poetry booksPoets & Writers Akron Poetry Prize listing
Winners Source.
1995: Susan Yuzna, Her Slender Dress, Judge: Charles Wright 1996: Clare Rossini, Winter Morning with Crow, Judge: Donald Justice 1997: Jeanne E. Clark, Ohio Blue Tips, Judge: Alice Fulton 1998: Beckian Fritz Goldberg, Never Be the Horse, Judge: Thomas Lux 1999: Dennis Hinrichsen, Detail from the Garden of Earthly Delights, Judge: Yusef Komunyakaa 2000: John Minczeski, Circle Routes, Judge: Mary Oliver 2001: George Bilgere, The Good Kiss, Judge: Billy Collins 2002: Roger Mitchell, Delicate Bait, Judge: Charles Simic 2003: Sharmila Voorakkara, Fire Wheel, Judge: Maxine Kumin 2004: Vern Rutsala, How We Spent Our Time, Judge: Robert Wrigley 2005: Ashley Capps, Mistaking the Sea for Green Fields, Judge: Gerald Stern 2006: Alison Pelegrin, Big Muddy River of Stars, Judge: B. H. Fairchild 2007: Brian Brodeur, Other Latitudes, Judge: Stephen Dunn 2008: Rachel Dilworth, The Wild Rose Asylum: Poems of the Magdalen Laundries of Ireland, Judge: Rita Dove 2009: Oliver de la Paz, Requiem for the Orchard, Judge: Martín Espada 2010: Joshua Harmon, Le Spleen de Poughkeepsie, Judge: G.C. Waldrep 2011: Emily Rosko, Prop Rockery, Judge: Natasha Sajé 2012: Seth Abramson, Thievery, Judge: Dara Wier 2013: John Repp, Fat Jersey Blues, Judge: David Kirby 2014: Philip Metres, Pictures at an Exhibition, Judge: Maxine Chernoff 2015: Sandra Simonds, Further Problems with Pleasure, Judge: Carmen Giménez Smith 2016: Aimée Baker, Doe, Judge: Allison Joseph 2017: Tyler Mills, Hawk Parable, Judge: Oliver de la Paz 2018: Kimberly Quiogue Andrews, A Brief History of Fruit, Judge: Diane Seuss 2019: Sean Shearer, Red Lemons, Judge: Victoria Chang 2020: Aimee Seu, Velvet Hounds, Judge: Philip Metres 2021: Carrie Oeding, If I Could Give You a Line, Judge: Erika Meitner 2022: Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Something About Living, Judge: Adrian Matejka 2023: Jess Smith, Lady Smith, Judge: Sandra Beasley
References
External links University of Akron Press Akron Series in Poetry Akron Poetry Prize Submission Guidelines University of Akron