Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Pulitzer Prize for distinguished volume of original verse by an American author.

Established

1922

Country

United States

Prize

$15,000

Frequency

annual

poetry

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Notable Past Winners

Explore some of the most celebrated books that have won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, from groundbreaking debuts to literary masterpieces that have shaped contemporary literature.

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2025 Winner

New and Selected Poems

by Marie Howe

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2024 Winner

Tripas: Poems

by Brandon Som

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2023 Winner

Then the War: and Selected Poems, 2007–2020

by Carl Phillips

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2022 Winner

frank: sonnets

by Diane Seuss

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Award Winners

21 winners recorded from 2005 to present

2025

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New and Selected Poems

by Marie Howe

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2024

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Tripas: Poems

by Brandon Som

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2023

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Then the War: and Selected Poems, 2007–2020

by Carl Phillips

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2022

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frank: sonnets

by Diane Seuss

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2021

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Postcolonial Love Poem

by Natalie Diaz

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2020

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The Tradition

by Jericho Brown

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2019

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Be With

by Forrest Gander

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2018

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Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016

by Frank Bidart

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2017

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Olio

by Tyehimba Jess

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2016

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Ozone Journal

by Peter Balakian

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2015

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Digest

by Gregory Pardlo

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2014

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3 Sections

by Vijay Seshadri

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2013

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Stag's Leap

by Sharon Olds

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2012

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Life on Mars

by Tracy K. Smith

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2011

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The Best of It: New and Selected Poems

by Kay Ryan

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2010

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Versed

by Rae Armantrout

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2009

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The Shadow of Sirius

by W. S. Merwin

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2008

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Time and Materials

by Robert Hass

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2007

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Native Guard

by Natasha Trethewey

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2006

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Late Wife

by Claudia Emerson

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2005

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Delights & Shadows

by Ted Kooser

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