2025 Prize Recipients

Tongo Eisen-Martin

Poetry

Tongo Eisen-Martin

United States
Anthony V. Capildeo

Poetry

Anthony V. Capildeo

Trinidad and Tobago/Scotland

2024 Prize Recipients

m. nourbeSe philip

Poetry

m. nourbeSe philip

Canada/Trinidad and Tobago
Jen Hadfield

Poetry

Jen Hadfield

Canada/United Kingdom

2023 Prize Recipients

dg nanouk okpik

Poetry

dg nanouk okpik

Iñupiaq/Inuit
Alexis Pauline Gumbs

Poetry

Alexis Pauline Gumbs

United States

2022 Prize Recipients

Wong May

Poetry

Wong May

Ireland/Singapore/China
Zaffar Kunial

Poetry

Zaffar Kunial

United Kingdom

2021 Prize Recipients

Natalie Scenters-Zapico

Poetry

Natalie Scenters-Zapico

United States
Canisia Lubrin

Poetry

Canisia Lubrin

Canada/Saint Lucia

2020 Prize Recipients

Bhanu Kapil

Poetry

Bhanu Kapil

United Kingdom/United States
Jonah Mixon-Webster

Poetry

Jonah Mixon-Webster

United States

2019 Prize Recipients

Kwame Dawes

Poetry

Kwame Dawes

United States/Jamaica/Ghana
Ishion Hutchinson

Poetry

Ishion Hutchinson

Jamaica

2018 Prize Recipients

Lorna Goodison

Poetry

Lorna Goodison

Jamaica/Canada
Cathy Park Hong

Poetry

Cathy Park Hong

United States

2017 Prize Recipients

Carolyn Forché

Poetry

Carolyn Forché

United States
Ali Cobby Eckermann

Poetry

Ali Cobby Eckermann

Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal Australian

2016 Prize Recipients

2015 Prize Recipients

2014 Prize Recipients

2013 Prize Recipients