Year
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Recipients
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2016
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Brian Blanchfield, nonfiction
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J. D. Daniels, nonfiction
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LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, poetry
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Madeleine George, drama
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Mitchell S. Jackson, fiction
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Alice Sola Kim, fiction
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Catherine Lacey, fiction
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Layli Long Soldier, poetry
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Safiya Sinclair, poetry
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Ocean Vuong, poetry
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2015
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Anthony Carelli, poetry
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Leopoldine Core, fiction
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Aracelis Girmay, poetry
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Lucas Hnath, drama
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Jenny Johnson, poetry
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Dan Josefson, fiction
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Elena Passarello, nonfiction
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Roger Reeves, poetry
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Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, fiction
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Anne Washburn, drama
|
2013
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Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, fiction & nonfiction
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Amanda Coplin, fiction
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Jennifer duBois, fiction
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Virginia Grise, playwright
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Ishion Hutchinson, poetry
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Morgan Meis, nonfiction
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C.E. Morgan, fiction
|
Rowan Ricardo Phillips, poetry
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Clifford Thompson, nonfiction
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Stephanie Powell Watts, fiction
|
2012
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Ciaran Berry, poetry
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Danai Gurira, playwright
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Alan Heathcock, fiction
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Samuel D. Hunter, playwright
|
Mona Mansour, playwright
|
Anthony Marra, fiction
|
Meg Miroshnik, playwright
|
Hanna Pylväinen, fiction
|
Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, non-fiction
|
Atsuro Riley, poetry
|
2011
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Scott Blackwood, fiction
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Ryan Call, fiction
|
Don Mee Choi, poetry
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Paul Clemens, nonfiction
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Eduardo C. Corral, poetry
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Amy Herzog, plays
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Shane McCrae, poetry
|
Daniel Orozco, fiction
|
Teddy Wayne, fiction
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Kerri Webster, poetry
|
2010
|
David Adjmi, plays
|
Elif Batuman, nonfiction
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Michael Dahlie, fiction
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Matt Donovan, poetry
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Rattawut Lapcharoensap, fiction
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Amy Leach, nonfiction
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Lydia Peelle, fiction
|
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, nonfiction
|
Jane Springer, poetry
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L.B. Thompson, poetry
|
2009
|
Jericho Brown, poetry
|
Jay Hopler, poetry
|
Adam Johnson, fiction
|
Rajiv Joseph, plays
|
Joan Kane, poetry
|
Michael Meyer, nonfiction
|
Nami Mun, fiction
|
Hugh Raffles, nonfiction
|
Salvatore Scibona, fiction
|
Vu Tran, fiction
|
2008
|
Mischa Berlinski, fiction
|
Rick Hilles, poetry
|
Donovan Hohn, nonfiction
|
Douglas Kearney, poetry
|
Laleh Khadivi, fiction
|
Manuel Muñoz, fiction
|
Dael Orlandersmith, plays
|
Benjamin Percy, fiction
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Julie Sheehan, poetry
|
Lysley Tenorio, fiction
|
2007
|
Sheila Callaghan, plays
|
Ben Fountain, fiction
|
Paul Guest, poetry
|
Brad Kessler, fiction
|
Cate Marvin, poetry
|
Tarell Alvin McCraney, plays
|
Carlo Rotella, nonfiction
|
Dalia Sofer, fiction
|
Peter Trachtenberg, nonfiction
|
Jack Turner, nonfiction
|
2006
|
Sherwin Bitsui, poetry
|
Charles D’Ambrosio, fiction
|
Stephen Adly Guirgis, plays
|
Tyehimba Jess, poetry
|
Suji Kwock Kim, poetry
|
Yiyun Li, fiction
|
Micheline Aharonian Marcom, fiction
|
Nina Marie Martínez, fiction
|
Bruce Norris, plays
|
Patrick O’Keeffe, fiction
|
2005
|
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, fiction
|
Thomas Sayers Ellis, poetry
|
Nell Freudenberger, fiction
|
Rinne Groff, plays
|
Ilya Kaminsky, poetry
|
Seth Kantner, fiction
|
John Keene, fiction/poetry
|
Dana Levin, poetry
|
Spencer Reece, poetry
|
Tracy K. Smith, poetry
|
2004
|
Daniel Alarcon, fiction
|
Kirsten Bakis, fiction
|
Catherine Barnett, poetry
|
Dan Chiasson, poetry
|
Allison Glock, nonfiction
|
Elana Greenfield, plays
|
A. Van Jordan, poetry
|
Victor LaValle, fiction
|
John Jeremiah Sullivan, nonfiction
|
Tracey Scott Wilson, plays
|
2003
|
Courtney Angela Brkic, fiction and nonfiction
|
Alexander Chee, fiction
|
Christopher Cokinos, nonfiction
|
Trudy Dittmar, nonfiction
|
Major Jackson, poetry
|
Agymah Kamau, fiction
|
Ann Pancake, fiction
|
Lewis Robinson, fiction
|
Jess Row, fiction
|
Sarah Ruhl, plays
|
2002
|
Jeffery Renard Allen, fiction
|
Elizabeth Arnold, poetry
|
Justin Cronin, fiction
|
Kim Edwards, fiction
|
David Gewanter, poetry
|
Melissa James Gibson, plays
|
Michelle Huneven, fiction
|
Danzy Senna, fiction
|
Evan Smith, plays
|
Joshua Weiner, poetry
|
2001
|
Judy Blunt, nonfiction
|
Joel Brouwer, poetry
|
Emily Carter, fiction
|
Kathleen Finneran, nonfiction
|
Matthew Klam, fiction
|
Brighde Mullins, plays
|
Akhil Sharma, fiction
|
Jason Sommer, poetry
|
Samrat Upadhyay, fiction
|
John Wray, fiction
|
2000
|
Robert Cohen, fiction
|
Samantha Gillison, fiction
|
Andrew X. Pham, nonfiction
|
Lily King, fiction
|
John McManus, fiction
|
Albert Mobilio, poetry/fiction
|
James Thomas Stevens (Aronhiotas), poetry
|
Kelly Stuart, plays
|
Colson Whitehead, fiction
|
Claude Wilkinson, poetry
|
1999
|
Gordon Grice, nonfiction
|
Michael Haskell, poetry
|
Ehud Havazelet, fiction
|
Terrance Hayes, poetry
|
Naomi Iizuka, plays
|
Ben Marcus, fiction
|
Yxta Maya Murray, fiction
|
ZZ Packer, fiction
|
Margaret Talbot, nonfiction
|
Martha Zweig, poetry
|
1998
|
Michael Byers, fiction
|
Nancy Eimers, poetry
|
Daniel Hall, poetry
|
W. David Hancock, plays
|
James Kimbrell, poetry
|
Ralph Lombreglia, fiction/nonfiction
|
D. J. Waldie, nonfiction
|
Anthony Walton, nonfiction
|
Charles Harper Webb, poetry
|
Greg Williamson, poetry
|
1997
|
Jo Ann Beard, nonfiction
|
Connie Deanovich, poetry
|
Erik Ehn, plays
|
Forrest Gander, poetry
|
Jody Gladding, poetry
|
Suketu Mehta, fiction/nonfiction
|
Ellen Meloy, nonfiction
|
Josip Novakovich, fiction/ nonfiction
|
Melanie Rae Thon, fiction
|
Mark Turpin, poetry
|
1996
|
Anderson Ferrell, fiction
|
Cristina García, fiction
|
Molly Gloss, fiction
|
Brigit Pegeen Kelly, poetry
|
Brian Kiteley, fiction
|
Chris Offutt, fiction/nonfiction
|
Elizabeth Spires, poetry
|
Patricia Storace, nonfiction/ poetry
|
Judy Troy, fiction
|
A.J. Verdelle, fiction
|
1995
|
André Aciman, nonfiction
|
Michael Cunningham, fiction
|
Lucy Grealy, nonfiction/ poetry
|
Suzannah Lessard, nonfiction
|
Reginald McKnight, fiction
|
James McMichael, poetry
|
Mary Ruefle, poetry
|
Russ Rymer, nonfiction
|
Matthew Stadler, fiction
|
Melanie Sumner, fiction
|
1994
|
Mark Doty, poetry
|
Louis Edwards, fiction
|
Kennedy Fraser, nonfiction
|
Mary Hood, fiction
|
Randall Kenan, fiction/nonfiction
|
Wayne Koestenbaum, nonfiction/poetry
|
Rosemary Mahoney, nonfiction
|
Claudia Roth Pierpont, nonfiction
|
Mary Swander, poetry/nonfiction
|
Kate Wheeler, fiction
|
1993
|
Jeffrey Eugenides, fiction
|
Dagoberto Gilb, fiction
|
Kevin Kling, plays
|
Mark Levine, poetry
|
Nathaniel Mackey, poetry/fiction
|
Dionisio D. Martinez poetry
|
Sigrid Nunez, fiction
|
Janet Peery, fiction
|
Kathleen Peirce, poetry
|
Lisa Shea, fiction
|
1992
|
Roger Fanning, poetry
|
Eva Hoffman, nonfiction
|
R.S. Jones, fiction
|
J.S. Marcus, fiction
|
Jane Mead, poetry
|
Suzan-Lori Parks, plays
|
Katha Pollitt, poetry/nonfiction
|
Keith Reddin, plays
|
José Rivera, plays
|
Damien Wilkins, fiction
|
1991
|
Stanley Crouch, nonfiction
|
Rebecca Goldstein, fiction
|
Allegra Goodman, fiction
|
John Holman, fiction
|
Cynthia Kadohata, fiction
|
Scott McPherson, plays
|
Thylias Moss, poetry
|
Rick Rofihe, fiction
|
J Anton Shammas, fiction/nonfiction
|
Franz Wright, poetry
|
1990
|
Emily Hiestand, poetry
|
Tony Kushner, plays
|
Yannick Murphy, fiction
|
Lawrence Naumoff, fiction
|
Dennis Nurkse, poetry
|
Mark Richard, fiction
|
Harriet Ritvo, nonfiction
|
Christopher Tilghman, fiction
|
Amy Wilentz, nonfiction
|
Stephen Wright, fiction
|
1989
|
Ellen Akins, fiction
|
Russell Edson, poetry
|
Ian Frazier, nonfiction
|
Mary Karr, poetry
|
Natalie Kusz, nonfiction
|
Luc Sante, nonfiction
|
Timberlake Wertenbaker, plays
|
Marianne Wiggins, fiction
|
Tobias Wolff, nonfiction/fiction
|
C. D. Wright, poetry
|
1988
|
Michael Burkard, poetry
|
Lydia Davis, fiction
|
Bruce Duffy, fiction
|
Gerald Early, nonfiction
|
Jonathan Franzen, fiction
|
Mary La Chapelle, fiction
|
Li-Young Lee, poetry
|
Sylvia Moss, poetry
|
Geoffrey O'Brien, nonfiction
|
William T. Vollmann, fiction
|
1987
|
Mindy Aloff, nonfiction
|
Joan Chase, fiction
|
Mark Cox, poetry
|
Pam Durban, fiction
|
Gretel Ehrlich, nonfiction
|
Deborah Eisenberg, fiction
|
Alice McDermott, fiction
|
Reinaldo Povod, plays
|
Michael Ryan, poetry
|
David Foster Wallace, fiction
|
1986
|
John Ash, poetry
|
Hayden Carruth, poetry
|
Kent Haruf, fiction
|
Denis Johnson, fiction
|
Darryl Pinckney, nonfiction/fiction
|
Padgett Powell, fiction
|
Mona Simpson, fiction
|
Frank Stewart, poetry
|
Ruth Stone, poetry
|
August Wilson, plays
|
1985
|
Raymond Abbott, fiction
|
Douglas Crase, poetry
|
Stuart Dybek, fiction
|
Jorie Graham, poetry
|
Linda Gregg, poetry
|
Wright Morris, fiction/nonfiction
|
Howard Norman, fiction
|
James Robison, fiction
|
James Schuyler, poetry
|
Austin Wright, fiction/nonfiction
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