For the best volume of verse published during the year by an American author, Five hundred dollars ($500).
Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades , by Phyllis McGinley (Viking )
The Jury
The Jury
Alfred Kreymborg
Poet and Critic, New York City
Louis Untermeyer
Poet and Critic, Newtown, Connecticut
Winners in Poetry
1961 Prize Winners
No author named
A distinguished example of American book publishing.
Carey Orr
For "The Kindly Tiger," published on October 8, 1960.