Past Ohioana Book Award Winners for Poetry
Past winners of the annual Ohioana Book Awards for Poetry, designed to bring state and national attention to Ohio authors and their books.
Year |
Honoree |
Publication
|
County |
2008
|
Zimmer, Paul
|
Crossing to Sunlight Revisited
|
Stark
|
2007
|
Collins, Martha
|
Blue Front
|
Lorain
|
2007
|
Weigl, Bruce
|
Declension in the Village of Chung Luong
|
Lorain
|
2006
|
Glaser, Elton
|
Here and Hereafter: Poems
|
Summit
|
2005
|
Fisher, Diane Gilliam
|
Kettle Bottom
|
Franklin
|
2004
|
Greenway, William
|
Ascending Order
|
Mahoning
|
2003
|
Spires, Elizabeth
|
Now the Green Blade Rises
|
Fairfield
|
2002
|
DeMott, Robert
|
Two Midwest Voices: The Weather in Athens
|
Athens
|
2002
|
Roscoe, Jerry
|
Two Midwest Voices: Mirror Lake
|
Franklin
|
2001
|
Belieu, Erin
|
One Above and One Below
|
Athens
|
2000
|
Dove, Rita
|
On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems
|
Summit
|
1999
|
Baker, David
|
The Truth About Small Towns
|
Licking
|
1998
|
Citino, David
|
Broken Symmetry
|
Franklin
|
1997
|
Wagoner, David
|
Walt Whitman Bathing
|
Stark
|
1996
|
Matthias, John
|
Swimming at Midnight
|
Franklin
|
1995
|
Howard, Richard
|
Like Most Revelations
|
Cuyahoga
|
1994
|
Dove, Rita
|
Selected Poems
|
Summit
|
1993
|
Oliver, Mary
|
New and Selected Poems
|
Cuyahoga
|
1992
|
Moss, Thylias
|
Rainbow Remnants in Rock Bottom Ghetto Sky
|
Cuyahoga
|
1991
|
Citino, David
|
The House of Memory
|
Cuyahoga/Franklin
|
1990
|
Dove, Rita
|
Grace Notes
|
Summit
|
1989
|
Shevin, David
|
The Discovery of Fire
|
Seneca
|
1985
|
Rosen, Michael J.
|
A Drink at the Mirage
|
Franklin
|
1974
|
Koch, Kenneth
|
Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?
|
Hamilton
|
1973
|
Oliver, Mary
|
The River Styx, Ohio and Other Poems
|
Cuyahoga
|
1968
|
Summers, Hollis
|
The Peddler & Other Domestic Matters
|
Greene
|
1965
|
Dell, George
|
Written on Quail & Hawthorn Pages
|
Butler
|
1961
|
Hodgson, Ralph
|
The Skylark & Other Poems
|
Carroll
|
1960
|
Wright, James
|
Saint Judas
|
Belmont
|
1946
|
Mears, Alice Monk
|
Brief Enterprise
|
Cuyahoga
|
1946
|
Ransom, John Crowe
|
Selected Poems (Honorable Mention)
|
Knox
|
1946
|
Robinson, Ted
|
Life, Love & the Weather (Honorable Mention)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1944
|
Patchen, Kenneth
|
Cloth of the Tempest
|
Trumbull
|
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