Witter Bynner Fellowship

Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the U.S. Poet Laureate, and are expected to participate in a poetry reading at the Library of Congress in October and to organize a poetry reading in their respective cities.

The Fellows

 * 2011 &mdash;Forrest Gander, and Robert Bringhurst
 * 2010 &mdash;Jill McDonough, and Atsuro Riley
 * 2009 &mdash;Christina Davis, and Mary Szybist
 * 2008 &mdash;Matthew Thorburn, and Monica Youn
 * 2007 &mdash;Laurie Lamon, David Tucker
 * 2006 &mdash;Joseph Stroud, Connie Wanek
 * 2005 &mdash;Claudia Emerson, Martin Walls
 * 2004 &mdash;Dana Levin, Spencer Reece
 * 2003 &mdash;Major Jackson, Rebecca Wee
 * 2002 &mdash;George Bilgere, Katia Kapovich
 * 2001 &mdash;Tory Dent, Nick Flynn
 * 2000 &mdash;Naomi Shihab Nye, Joshua Weiner
 * 1999 &mdash;David Gewanter, Heather McHugh
 * 1999 &mdash;Campbell McGrath, Carol Muske
 * 1998 &mdash;Carl Phillips