Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award
# Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award

Poetry Society of America's Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award is given "for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States. The award is endowed under the will of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne. Each winner receives a $250 prize.

## Winners

* 2018: Emily Tian, Judge: Jillian Weise
* 2017: Alex Bishop, Judge: Ari Banias
* 2016: Aidan Forster, Judge: Rebecca Gayle Howell
* 2015: Brynne Rebele-Henry, Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
* 2014: Helen Galvin Ross, Judge: Richard Blanco
* 2013: Lizza Rodriguez, Judge: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
* 2012: Natalie Richardson, Judge: Dorothea Lasky
* 2011: Clara Fannjiang, Judge: Ada Limon
* 2010: Liya Person-Rechtman, Judge: Arda Collins
* 2009: Grace Dunham, Judge: Matthew Rohrer
* 2008: Carey Powers, Judge: David Roderick
* 2007: Laura Ruffino, Judge: Thomas Sayers Ellis
* 2006: Katherine Browning, Judge: Prageeta Sharma
* 2005: Paul Hendricks, Judge: Major Jackson
* 2004: Zachary Hertz, Judge: Brian Henry
* 2003: Hannah Jones, Judge: Brenda Shaugnessy
* 2002: Julia Friedlander, Judge: Timothy Liu
* 2001: Margaret Wohl
* 2000: Michael Ward, Judge: Elizabeth Alexander
