The Poetry Society of America's New York Chapbook Fellowship is awarded once a year to two New York poets under 30 years of age who have yet to publish a first book of poems. Two renowned poets select and introduce a winning manuscript for publication. Each winner receives an additional $1000 prize.
Winners 2009: The Sundering by Stephanie Adams-Santos, selected by Linda Gregg Lure by Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, selected by Arthur Sze
2008: Ave, Materia by Jean Hartig, selected by Fanny Howe The Category of Outcast by CJ Evans, selected by Terrance Hayes
2007: Monster Theory by Lytton Smith, selected by Kevin Young The Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds &c. by Carey McHugh, selected by Rae Armantrout
2006: Locket, Master by Maya Pindyck, selected by Paul Muldoon On animate life: its profligacy, organ meats, etc. by Jessica Fjeld, selected by Lyn Hejinian
2005 Cold Work by Cecily Parks, selected by Li-Young Lee The Next Country by Idra Novey, selected by Carolyn Forche
2004 Gilda by Andrea Baker, selected by Claudia Rankine Speaking Past the Tongue by Justin Goldberg, selected by Henri Cole
2003 Forget Rita by Paul Killebrew, selected by John Ashbery The Misremembered World by Tess Taylor, selected by Eavan Boland
See also Poetry Society of America List of American literary awards List of poetry awards
External links Poetry Society of America chapbook fellowships page