Past Winners
The 49th Parallel Award for Poetry
2009 Winners
| Final Judge |
Paulann Petersen |
| 1st Place |
Elizabeth McLagan
“All Alien Spirits Rest the Spirit” |
| Runner-Up |
Chloe Honum |
| Honorable Mention |
Mary Ann O'Gorman, Rae Gouirand, Kerry James Evans |
| Finalists |
M.K. Stillwell, Jennifer Elmore, G. Hanlon, Barbara Roether, Mary Elizabeth Frandson, Jonathan Rice, Lisa Gluskin |
2008 Winners
| Final Judge |
Aimee Nezhukumatathil |
| 1st Place |
Kaveh Bassiri, of Bronxville, NY
“Invention of God” |
| Runners-Up |
Kate Buckley |
| Finalists |
Jonathan Rice, Susan Rich, Rae Gouirand, Lauren Smith Traore,
Elisa Pulido, Harold Bauld, Tua Chaudhuri, Annie S. Doran |
2007 Winners
| Final Judge |
Carolyne Wright |
| 1st Place |
Luisa A. Igloria, of Norfolk, VA
"The Clear Bones" |
| Runners-Up |
Lina Chern |
| Finalists |
Rae Gouirand, Carol Quinn, Lorraine Healy, Greg Rappleye, Charity Ketz, Vandana Khanna, Elizabeth McLagan, Susanna Childress, Courtney Jo Good |
2006 Winners
| Final Judge |
Timothy Liu |
| 1st Place |
Maya Pindyck, of Brooklyn, NY
“So Much Went Into” |
| Runners-Up |
Marika Ismail |
| Finalists |
Aleda Shirley, Sarah Jefferis, Susan McCabe, Holly Hughes, Jennifer Militello, Kathy Dull, Aaryn Richard, David Keplinger, Rae Gouirand |
2005 Winners
| Final Judge |
Peggy Shumaker |
| 1st Place |
Jennifer Perrine, "My Mother Learns the Language of Pregnancy" |
| Runners-Up |
Margaret Hoehn, Mary Cornish |
| Finalists |
Charity Ketz, Rebecca Dunham, James R. Marshall, Ava Haymon, Beth Martinelli, Rosalyn Driscoll, Elizabeth Krajeck, John Pursley III, Alice George, Margaret Wycisk, Joshua Wilkinson |
2004 Winners
| Final Judge |
Lucia Perillo |
| 1st Place |
Christopher Bursk, "E Pluribus Unum" |
| Runners-Up |
Matthew Frank, Allen Braden |
| Finalists |
Richard Wollman, Kathryn Ugoretz, Jennifer Perrine, Maureen Clark, Amy Uyematsu, Patricia Murphy, Kristina Martinez, Kate Umans, Megan Kruse, Regina O'Melveny, Nicole Walker, Otis Rubottom |
2003 Winners
| Final Judge |
Robert Wrigley |
| 1st Place |
Simone Muench, "Window" |
| Runners-Up |
Elizabeth McLagan, Susanna Childress |
| Finalists |
Krista Kay Feakes, Valerie Free, Jennifer Militello, Rusty Morrison, Veronica Patterson |
2002 Winners
| Final Judge |
Mark Doty |
| 1st Place |
Kerri Webster, "Winter, Noun" |
| 2nd Place |
Kathryn St. Thomas, "Coming to Terms" |
| 3rd Place |
David Roderick, "The Point" |
| Finalists |
Rosalyn Driscoll, M.S. Eisele, Sarah Kennedy, Cheryl Anne Latuner, Rennie McQuilken, Simone Muench, Jonathan Powers, Catherine Harnett Shaw, A.F. Thomas |
2001 Winners
| Final Judge |
David Lee |
| 1st Place |
Don Judson, "Field Guide" |
| 2nd Place |
Ryan Van Cleave, "Dear Theodore Roethke" |
| 3rd Place |
Joshua Poteat, "Documenting the Birds: Office Park" |
| Finalists |
Janée Baugher, Cal Bedient, Karen Carcia, Matt Donovan, David Hernandez, Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, Kip Irwin, Richard Lyons, Erika Meitner, Simone Muench, Joan Mitchell, Shari Diane Willadson |
