For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
The World Doesn't End , by Charles Simic (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich )
The Jury
The Jury
Helen Vendler(Chair)
Kenan Professor of English, Harvard University
Garrett Hongo
Director, Creative Writing Program, University of Oregon
Charles Wright*
Professor of English, University of Virginia
Winners in Poetry
1990 Prize Winners
Jim Murray
For his sports columns.
Allan Temko
For his architecture criticism.