- Organizer
- Academy of American Poets
- Why it counts
- Awarded annually since 1994 by the Academy of American Poets (established by Dorothea Tanning) to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry; carries a $100,000 stipend
- Held
- annual, mid-October announcement, honored at the Academy's Chancellors Reading in New York
Reigning winners
Wallace Stevens Award · 2022
| Year | Wallace Stevens Award |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Marilyn Nelson |
| 2021 | Toi Derricotte |
| 2020 | Nikky Finney |
| 2019 | Rita Dove |
| 2018 | Sonia Sanchez |
| 2017 | Jorie Graham |
| 2016 | Sharon Olds |
| 2015 | Joy Harjo |