April is Poetry MonthSamples from Whiting Awards
Since 1985, the Whiting Foundation has supported creative writing
through the Whiting Awards, given annually to ten emerging writers in
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. The awards, of $50,000
each, are based on early accomplishment and the promise of
great work to come.
2002 Winner in Poetry
1986 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2004 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2012 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2006 Winner in Poetry
2001 Winner in Poetry
2009 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1988 Winner in Poetry
2015 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1986 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2004 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2011 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2011 Winner in Poetry
1987 Winner in Poetry
1985 Winner in Poetry
1997 Winner in Poetry
2016 Winner in Poetry
2010 Winner in Poetry
1994 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1989 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1998 Winner in Poetry
2005 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1992 Winner in Poetry
1997 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2002 Winner in Poetry
2015 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1997 Winner in Poetry
1985 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
1985 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2007 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1998 Winner in Poetry
1999 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1990 Winner in Poetry
"Likewise"
2008 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2009 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2013 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2003 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2006 Winner in Poetry
"Governor Pat Neff / August 25, 1924 "
2015 Winner in Poetry
Jenny Johnson
2004 Winner in Poetry
2005 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2009 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
1989 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2008 Winner in Poetry
1996 Winner in Poetry
1998 Winner in Poetry
2006 Winner in Poetry
1988 Winner in Poetry
2005 Winner in Poetry
1993 Winner in Poetry
2016 Winner in Poetry
from"IRONY"
1993 Winner in Poetry
"Nocturnes"
2007 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2011 Winner in Poetry
1995 Winner in Poetry
1992 Winner in Poetry
2000 Winner in Fiction, Poetry
**See works in the collection
1988 Winner in Poetry
1991 Winner in Poetry
1990 Winner in Poetry
1993 Winner in Poetry
2013 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2005 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2015 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2012 Winner in Poetry
1995 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
1987 Winner in Poetry
1985 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2008 Winner in Poetry
2016 Winner in Poetry
2005 Winner in Poetry **See works in the collection
2001 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
1996 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2010 Winner in Poetry
2000 Winner in Poetry
1986 Winner in Poetry
1986 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
1994 Winner in Nonfiction, Poetry
**See works in the collection
2010 Winner in Poetry
1997 Winner in Poetry
2016 Winner in Poetry
Charles Harper Webb
1998 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2011 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2002 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
2000 Winner in Poetry
"Bobwhites on a Spring Morning"
1998 Winner in Poetry
1991 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
"Audience"
1989 Winner in Poetry **See works
in the collection
1999 Winner in Poetry
For more Whiting Awards of poetry samples
see http://goo.gl/VsWTHH
Be sure to see display of poetry books
published by TAVERN BOOKS