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</span> </h1> </div> <div id="block-stanza-content"> <article> <div> <div class="field field--body"><p>The Academy of American Poets First Book Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by an acclaimed poet, is published by Graywolf Press, an award-winning independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid, six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center, a fifteenth-century castle in the Umbrian region of Italy, where they will become part of a cohort of accomplished international artists, writers, and composers; distribution of their winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members, making it one of the most widely-distributed poetry books that year; inclusion and promotion in <em>American Poets</em> magazine, the Academy’s newsletter, and Poets.org, among other opportunities. </p> <p>This award was established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets and to enable the publication of a poet’s first book. It is currently made possible by financial support from the members of the Academy of American Poets. From 1975–2020, the award was titled in tribute to Walt Whitman. Please see a list of Walt Whitman Award winners below.</p> <p>Submissions for the 2025 Academy of American Poets First Book Award were accepted from July 1, 2024 to September 1, 2024. The judge was former Academy Chancellor <a href="/poet/alberto-rios">Alberto Ríos</a>.</p> <p><a class="button-grey" href="/academy-american-poets/first-book-award-guidelines">guidelines</a></p> <p><a class="button-grey" href="https://bookshop.org/lists/academy-of-american-of-poets-first-book-award">purchase</a></p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <aside class="col-md-4 layout-sidebar" role="complementary"> <div> <div id="block-nodesidebarfields"> <article> <div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </aside> </div> </main> <div> <div class="views-element-container container" id="block-views-block-sub-prizes-block"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-f2de2a30b996a2ab933d38c894c3e677abcb3bab979d434b1d379fd760efab5b"> <table class="cols-3"> <thead> <tr> <th id="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title" scope="col">Title</th> <th id="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner" scope="col">Winner</th> <th 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headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/leah-naomi-green" hreflang="en">Leah Naomi Green</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2019-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2019</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/brute" hreflang="en">Brute</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/emily-skaja" hreflang="en">Emily Skaja</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2018-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2018</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/eye-level" hreflang="en">Eye Level</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/jenny-xie" hreflang="en">Jenny Xie</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2017-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2017</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/afterland" hreflang="en">Afterland</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/mai-der-vang" hreflang="en">Mai Der Vang </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2016-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2016</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/rapture" hreflang="en">Rapture</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/sjohnna-mccray" hreflang="en">Sjohnna McCray</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2015-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2015</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/same-different" hreflang="en">The Same-Different</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/hannah-sanghee-park" hreflang="en">Hannah Sanghee Park</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2014-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2014</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/put-your-hands" hreflang="en">Put Your Hands In</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/chris-hosea" hreflang="und">Chris Hosea</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2013-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2013</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/black-aperture" hreflang="en">Black Aperture</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/matt-rasmussen" hreflang="und">Matt Rasmussen</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2012-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2012</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/eyes-stones" hreflang="en">Eyes, Stones </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/elana-bell" hreflang="und">Elana Bell</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2011-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2011</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/curses-and-wishes" hreflang="en">Curses and Wishes</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/carl-adamshick" hreflang="und">Carl Adamshick</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2010</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/heredities" hreflang="en">Heredities</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/j-michael-martinez" hreflang="und">J. Michael Martinez</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2009</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/wakers-corridor" hreflang="en">The Waker's Corridor</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/jonathan-thirkield" hreflang="und">Jonathan Thirkield</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2008-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2008</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/sex-noon-taxes" hreflang="en">Sex at Noon Taxes</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/sally-van-doren" hreflang="und">Sally Van Doren</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2007-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2007</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/floating-city" hreflang="en">Floating City</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/anne-pierson-wiese" hreflang="und">Anne Pierson Wiese</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2006-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2006</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/half-wild" hreflang="en">Half Wild</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/mary-rose-oreilley" hreflang="und">Mary Rose O'Reilley</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2005-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2005</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/resin" hreflang="en">Resin</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/geri-doran" hreflang="und">Geri Doran</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2004-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2004</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/invisible-bride" hreflang="en">Invisible Bride</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/tony-tost" hreflang="und">Tony Tost</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2003-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2003</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/notes-divided-country" hreflang="en">Notes from the Divided Country </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/suji-kwock-kim" hreflang="und">Suji Kwock Kim</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2002-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2002</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/invisible-world" hreflang="en">The Invisible World</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/john-canaday" hreflang="und">John Canaday</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2001-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2001</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/radio-radio" hreflang="en">Radio, Radio</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/ben-doller" hreflang="und">Ben Doller</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="2000-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">2000</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/carolina-ghost-woods" hreflang="en">Carolina Ghost Woods</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/judy-jordan" hreflang="und">Judy Jordan</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1999-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1999</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/once-i-gazed-you-wonder" hreflang="en">Once I Gazed at You in Wonder </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/jan-heller-levi" hreflang="und">Jan Heller Levi</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1998-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1998</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/bite-every-sorrow" hreflang="en">Bite Every Sorrow</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/barbara-ras" hreflang="und">Barbara Ras</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1997-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1997</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/madonna-anno-domini" hreflang="en">Madonna anno domini </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/joshua-clover" hreflang="und">Joshua Clover</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1996-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1996</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/resurrection" hreflang="en">Resurrection</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/nicole-cooley" hreflang="und">Nicole Cooley</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1995-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1995</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/because-brain-can-be-talked-anything" hreflang="en">Because the Brain Can Be Talked into Anything</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/jan-richman" hreflang="und">Jan Richman</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1994-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1994</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/science-and-other-poems" hreflang="en">Science and Other Poems </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/alison-hawthorne-deming" hreflang="und">Alison Hawthorne Deming</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1993-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1993</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/fire-all-things" hreflang="en">The Fire in All Things</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/stephen-yenser" hreflang="und">Stephen Yenser</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1992-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1992</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/iron-chair" hreflang="en">From the Iron Chair</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/greg-glazner" hreflang="und">Greg Glazner</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1991-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1991</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/cult-right-hand" hreflang="en">The Cult of the Right Hand </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/elaine-terranova" hreflang="und">Elaine Terranova</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1990-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1990</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/game-statues" hreflang="en">The Game of Statues </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/academy-american-poets/contributor/martha-hollander" hreflang="en">Martha Hollander </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1989-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1989</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/blackbird-bye-bye" hreflang="en">Blackbird Bye Bye</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/april-bernard" hreflang="und">April Bernard</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1988-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1988</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/weight-numbers" hreflang="en">The Weight of Numbers</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/judith-baumel" hreflang="und">Judith Baumel</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1987-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1987</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/fragments-fire" hreflang="en">Fragments from the Fire</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/contributor/chris-llewellyn" hreflang="en">Chris Llewellyn</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1986-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1986</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/bindweed" hreflang="en">Bindweed</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/academy-american-poets/contributor/christianne-balk" hreflang="en">Christianne Balk</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1985-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1985</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/new-year" hreflang="en">For the New Year </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/eric-pankey" hreflang="und">Eric Pankey</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1984-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1984</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/across-mutual-landscape" hreflang="en">Across the Mutual Landscape</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/christopher-gilbert" hreflang="en">Christopher Gilbert</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1983-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1983</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/jurgis-petraskas" hreflang="en">Jurgis Petraskas</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/academy-american-poets/contributor/anthony-petrosky" hreflang="en">Anthony Petrosky</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1982-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1982</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/whispering-fool-wind" hreflang="en">Whispering to Fool the Wind </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/alberto-rios" hreflang="und">Alberto Ríos</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1981-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1981</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/academy-american-poets-first-book-award/work-night-coming" hreflang="en">Work, for the Night Is Coming</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/jared-carter" hreflang="en">Jared Carter</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1980-02-02T00:00:00-05:00">1980</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/shooting-rats-bibb-county-dump" hreflang="en">Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/poet/david-bottoms" hreflang="und">David Bottoms</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1979-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1979</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a href="/academy-american-poets/winner/prizes/walt-whitman-award/wonders" hreflang="en">Wonders </a> </td> <td headers="view-field-winner-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-winner"><a href="/academy-american-poets/contributor/karen-snow" hreflang="en">Karen Snow</a> </td> <td headers="view-field-year-table-column" class="views-field views-field-field-year"><time datetime="1978-01-01T00:00:00-05:00">1978</time> </td> </tr> <tr> <td headers="view-title-table-column" class="views-field views-field-title"><a 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