The Carole Weinstein Prize in Poetry, established in 2005, is awarded each year to a poet with strong connections to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The $10,000 annual prize recognizes significant recent contribution to the art of poetry and is awarded on the basis of a range of achievement in the field of poetry.
There is no formal application process or competition. Selection and notification of the annual prize will be made by a four-member Board of Curators.
The 2015 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Joshua Poteat
The 2014 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Rita Dove
The 2013 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
R. T. Smith
The 2012 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Kelly Cherry
The 2011 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Lisa Russ Spaar
The 2010 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Henry Hart
The 2009 recipients of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Eleanor Ross Taylor
Charles Wright
The 2008 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
David Wojahn
The 2007 recipient of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Claudia Emerson
The 2006 recipients of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Brian Henry
George Garrett
The 2005 recipients of the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize:
Elizabeth Seydel Morgan
Ron Smith |