2006 Poetry Prize Results

Final Judge: Yusef Komunyakaa

 

 

Yusef Komunyakaa was born in Bogalusa, Louisiana, in 1947. He is the author of numerous books of poems including Neon Vernacular: New & Selected Poems 1977-1989 (1994), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. In 1999 he was elected a Chancellor of The Academy of American Poets. His most recent book is Taboo (2004). Yusef Komunyakaa is Professor in the Council of Humanities and Creative Writing Program at Princeton University. He lives in New York City.

 


 

2006 Indiana Review Poetry Prize Winner

 

“Gallowglass”

Susan Tichy

 


 

Runners-Up


“Cabin Court in Arkansas”
Eric Rawson

 

“Nagasaki”
Tyler Mills

 


 

We offer our thanks to all who contributed to the success of the 2006 Indiana Review Poetry Prize. All entrants receive a year’s subscription to IR, which will begin with our Winter 2006 issue.

 
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