New York Chapbook Fellowship

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 GreggLure by Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, selected by Arthur Sze
2008:Ave, Materia by Jean Hartig, selected by Fanny HoweThe Category of Outcast by CJ Evans, selected by Terrance Hayes
2007:Monster Theory by Lytton Smith, selected by Kevin YoungThe 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 MuldoonOn animate life: its profligacy, organ meats, etc. by Jessica Fjeld, selected by Lyn Hejinian
2005Cold Work by Cecily Parks, selected by Li-Young LeeThe Next Country by Idra Novey, selected by Carolyn Forche
2004Gilda by Andrea Baker, selected by Claudia RankineSpeaking Past the Tongue by Justin Goldberg, selected by Henri Cole
2003Forget Rita by Paul Killebrew, selected by John AshberyThe Misremembered World by Tess Taylor, selected by Eavan Boland