Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize
The Van Rensselaer Poetry Prize is awarded to a Columbia University degree candidate who is deemed the author of the best example of English lyric verse.
Among its notable recipients are poet John Berryman and Catholic writer Thomas Merton.
Submission restrictions
No more than 3 poems, totaling not more than 10 pages
Past winners
- 2009: Danielle Jones
- 2008: Marguerite Van Cook
- 2007: Robert Kohen
- 2006: Janet Min Lee
- 2005: Janet Min Lee and Yvette Siegert
- 2004: Michael Paulson
- 2003: Laura Kolb
- 2002: Anthony Morales (Honorable Mention: Francisco Reinking)
- 2000: Stephen Massimilla, Honorable Mention: Nadia Colburn and Paul Stephens
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- 1981: Timothy Horrigan
- 1970: [[David Lehman]
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