For a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, Three thousand dollars ($3,000).
Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems , by Yusef Komunyakaa (Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England )
The Jury
The Jury
Mary Oliver(chair )*
poet, Banister Writer in Residence
Calvin Bedient
professor of English
Michael S. Harper
University Professor and Professor of English, Brown University
Winners in Poetry
1994 Prize Winners
Eric Freedman and Jim Mitzelfeld
For dogged reporting that disclosed flagrant spending abuses at Michigan's House Fiscal Agency.
William Raspberry
For his compelling commentaries on a variety of social and political topics.
Lloyd Schwartz
For his skillful and resonant classical music criticism.