Pulitzers & Major Awards

Elizabeth Acevedo

Performance Poet & Novelist
National Book Award
National Slam Champion
YA Novel: The Poet X

Simon Armitage

U.K. Poet Laureate
Forward Prize, UK
Translation: Sir Gawain
Lyricist: The Scaremongers

Peter Balakian

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Black Dog of Fate
Memoir: Armenian Golgoth
Essays on Social Thought

Frank Bidart

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
National Book Award
NBCC Award-winner
LGBT Themes

Eula Biss

Nonfiction Writer
Essayist & Critic
NBCCA Winner
FYE: On Immunity

Daniel Borzutzky

Award-winning Poet
National Book Award
Translator from Spanish
Immigration Politics

W. S. Di Piero

Distinguished Poet
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Personal Essays: City Dog
Art Essays: Out of Eden

Mark Doty

Distinguished Poet
National Book Award
NYT Bestselling Memoirist
Dog Years: A Memoir

Carol Ann Duffy

Poet Laureate of UK
Playwright
Poems: Bees • Rapture
Children's: The Tear Thief

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Ecological Poetics
Novelist & Essayist
Translator from Spanish

Jorie Graham

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Forward Prize
Environmental Advocate
Poems: Place • Sea Change

Terrance Hayes

Distinguished Poet
MacArthur "Genius" Award
National Book Award
Visual Artist

Brenda Hillman

Acclaimed Poet
Griffin Poetry Prize
Environmental Advocate
Non-Violent Activist

Ted Kooser

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2004-2006)
Essays & Childrens Books

Dawn Lundy Martin

Poet, Critic, Essayist
Video Artist & Performer
Kingsley Tufts Award
LAMBDA Literary Award

Hisham Matar

Pulitzer Prize for Memoir
Acclaimed Libyan Novelist
Issues of Exile
Fathers and Sons

Heather McHugh

Distinguished Poet & Critic
MacArthur "Genius" Award
Griffin Prize: Translation
Founder of CareGifted

Claudia Rankine

Poet & Playwright
NYT Nonfiction Bestseller
NBCCA & Forward Prize
FYE: Citizen

George Saunders

NYT Bestselling Writer
Man Booker Prize Winner
MacArthur "Genius" Award
FYE: Tenth of December

Philip Schultz

Pulitzer Prize winning Poet
Acclaimed Memoirst
Jewish Topics
FYE: My Dyslexia

Vijay Seshadri

Indian-born Poet
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Poems: 3 Sections
Essayist & Reviewer

Charles Simic

Yugoslavian-born Poet
Pulitzer Prize Winner
United States Poet Laureate (2007-2008)

Tracy K. Smith

US Poet Laureate (2017-19)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
Memoir: Ordinary Light
Nat'l Book Award Finalist

Michael Thomas

Novelist & Memoirist
IMPAC Dublin Award
Novel: Man Gone Down
Memoir: The Broken King

Natasha Trethewey

Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet
United States Poet Laureate (2012-2014)
FYE: Native Guard

Adam Zagajewski

Acclaimed Polish Poet
Griffin Lifetime Recognition
Essayist & Memoirist
Two Cities: Exile, History...