Awards

Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships

Five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships in the amount of $15,000 will be awarded to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry. Established in 1989 by the Indianapolis philanthropist Ruth Lilly, the fellowships are intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry.

2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Winners Announced

The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are proud to announce the five recipients of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowships: Malachi Black, Eric Ekstrand, Chloë Honum, Jeffrey Schultz, and Joseph Spece. Among the largest awards offered to aspiring poets in the United States, each Lilly Fellowship carries a $15,000 scholarship prize for fellows to use as they wish in continued study and writing of poetry. Read more.

(Guidelines and applications for the 2010 Ruth Lilly Fellowships will be available February 1, 2010)

Previous Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship Recipients

Saskia Hamilton 1989
Cathy Wagner 1990
Gregory A. Sellers 1991
James Kimbrell 1992
Davis McCombs 1993
Christian Wiman 1994
Matt D. Collinsworth 1995
Erin G. Brooks 1996
Zarina Mullan Plath 1996
Delisa Mulkey 1997
W. Morri Creech 1997
Christine Stewart 1998
Robin Cooper-Stone 1998
Kevin Meaux 1999
Maudelle Driskell 1999
Christina Pugh 2000
Wayne Miller 2000
Ilya Kaminsky 2001
Alissa Leigh 2001
Emily Rosko 2002
Marc Bittner 2002
Katherine Larson 2003
Kathleen Rooney 2003
Nathan Bartel 2004
Emily Moore 2004
Michael McGriff 2005
Miller Oberman 2005
Colin Cheney 2006
David Krump 2006
Sean Brian Bishop 2007
Megan Grumbling 2007
Nicky Beer 2008
Roger Reeves 2008
Michael Rutherglen 2008
Alison Stine 2008
Caki Wilkinson 2008