Arthur Rense Prize

The Arthur Rense Prize was established in 1998 when Paige Rense started the award of $20,000 in memory of her husband, the sportswriter and poet Arthur Rense. The prize is given triennially to an exceptional poet by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Winners:


 * 2008 &mdash; Hayden Carruth
 * 2005 &mdash; Daniel Hoffman (in literature)
 * 2002 &mdash; B.H. Fairchild
 * 1999 &mdash; James McMichael