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2008

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

Swerve John Estes, selected by C. K. Williams
Blue House by Christopher Nelson, selected by Mary Jo Bang

Finalist: Jonathan Rice: Shadowtown

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

Ave, Materia Jean Hartig, selected by Fanny Howe
The Category of Outcast by CJ Evans, selected by Terrance Hayes

Finalists: Matthew Hittinger: Xaymaca: An Island Sheaf; Andrew Seguin: Architect, Garden

2007

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

Dream of Water by Kate Ingold, selected by Harryette Mullen
Dear Wild Abandon by Andrew Michael Roberts, selected by Mark Strand

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

The Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds &c. by Carey McHugh, selected by Rae Armantrout.
Monster Theory by Lytton Smith, selected by Kevin Young

A set of these four winning chapbook titles from the 2007 PSA Chapbook Contests are currently available for purchase.

2006

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

The Eights by Dan Chelotti, selected by Yusef Komunyakaa
Mayport by Maureen Thorson, selected by Heather McHugh

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

On animate life: its profligacy, organ meats, &c by Jessica Fjeld, selected by Lyn Hejinian.
Locket, Master by Maya Pindyck, selected by Paul Muldoon

A set of these four winning chapbook titles from the 2006 PSA Chapbook Contests are currently available for purchase.

2005

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

What Remains by Stuart Greenhouse, selected by Brenda Hillman
Guarding the Violins by Misty Harper, selected by Charles Simic

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

The Next Country by Idra Novey, selected by Carolyn Forché.
Cold Work by Cecily Parks, selected by Li-Young Lee

2004

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

Woman in a Boat by K.E. Allen, selected by Robert Creeley
Meditations by Joshua Poteat, selected by Mary Oliver

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

Gilda by Andrea Baker, selected by Claudia Rankine.
Speaking Past the Tongue by Justin Goldberg, selected by Henri Cole

A set of these four winning chapbook titles from the 2004 PSA Chapbook Contests are currently available for purchase.

2003

The PSA National Chapbook Fellows

The Morning Hour by Dawn Lundy Martin, selected by C. D. Wright.
Rowing Through Fog by Kerri Webster, selected by Carl Phillips

The PSA New York Chapbook Fellows

Forget Rita by Paul Killebrew, selected by John Ashbery
The Misremembered World by Tess Taylor, selected by Eavan Boland


Runners-up for the National Chapbook Fellowship
Jeffrey Encke selected by C. D. Wright
Frances Brent selected by Carl Phillips

Runner-up for the New York Chapbook Fellowship
Justin Jamail selected by both John Ashbery and Eavan Boland

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