The Isabella Gardner Poetry Award is given biennially to a poet in mid-career with a new book of exceptional merit. Poet, actress, and associate editor of Poetry magazine, Isabella Gardner (1915–1981) published five celebrated collections of poetry, was three times nominated for the National Book Award, and was the first recipient of the New York State Walt Whitman Citation of Merit for Poetry. She championed the work of young and gifted poets, helping many of them to find publication.
The publication of this book is made possible, in part, by the special support of the following individuals:
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Nin Andrews
Nelson Adrian Blish
Susan Burke & Bill Leonardi, in honor of Boo Poulin
Bernadette Catalana, in memory of Richard Calabrese
Anne C. Coon & Craig J. Zicari
Jonathan Everitt
Gouvernet Arts Fund
Michael Hall
Jack & Gail Langerak
Barbara & John Lovenheim
Richard Margolis & Sherry Phillips
Boo Poulin, in honor of Susan Burke & Bill Leonardi
Deborah Ronnen & Sherman Levey
Steven O. Russell & Phyllis Rifkin-Russell
