2026 Wisconsin Poetry Book Award
The Wisconsin Poetry Book Award is given to the best book of poems published by a Wisconsin writer in the contest year. Only works of 48 pages or more of poetry are eligible for the award. See full contest guidelines.
- First Place: $1000 award and five-day stay at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in Mineral Point, WI ($895 value)
- Honorable Mention: $100 and a five-day stay at Ernest Hüpeden's Painted Forest in Valton, WI ($800 value)
Judge: Cortney Lamar Charleston
Previous Winners
2025
First Place: Fablemaker by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu (Madison)
Honorable Mention: Joy Is My Middle Name by Sasha Debevec-McKenney (Madison)
2024
First Place: The Other Altar (University Press of Colorado) by Nicholas Gulig (Fort Atkinson)
Honorable Mention: Asterism (Tupelo Press) by Ae Hee Lee (Kenosha)
2023
Auction (University of Pittsburgh Press) by Quan Barry (Madison)
Honorable Mention: Discipline Park (Wendy’s Subway), Toby Altman (Madison)
2022
Durable Goods (Véhicule Press/Signal Editions) by James Pollock (Madison)
Honorable Mention: Jordemoder: Poems of a Midwife (Holy Cow! Press) by Ingrid Andersson (Madison)
2021
Hello There (Word Poetry) by Dewitt Clinton
Honorable Mention: Holding My Selves Together: New and Selected Poems by Margaret Rozga (Milwaukee)