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 support of the following individuals:
Anonymous
Rick Bursky
Gary & Gwen Conners
Don Fox, in honor of my comrades
at Armed Forces Vietnam Radio Network (AFVN)
James Long Hale
Art & Pam Hatton
Sandi Henschel, in loving memory of Robert Keesey
Adrie Kusserow, in honor of Bruce Weigl
Jack & Gail Langerak
Joe McElveney
Dan Meyers, in honor of J. Shepard Skiff
Wendy & Jim Mnookin
Boo Poulin
Deborah Ronnen
Steven O. Russell & Phyllis Rifkin-Russell
William Waddell & Linda Rubel
Michael Waters & Mihaela Moscaliuc