Lamont Poetry Selections (1976–1995)
| Year | Poet | Book | Judges |
| 1995 | Ralph Angel | Neither World | Richard Kenney, Heather McHugh, David St. John |
| 1994 | Brigit Pegeen Kelly | Song | Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney, David St. John |
| 1993 | Rosanna Warren | Stained Glass | Amy Clampitt, Jorie Graham, Richard Kenney |
| 1992 | Kathryn Stripling Byer | Wildwood Flower | Lucille Clifton, Jorie Graham, Robert Morgan |
| 1991 | Susan Wood | Campo Santo | Marvin Bell, Lucille Clifton, Robert Morgan |
| 1990 | Li-Young Lee | The City in Which I Love You | Marvin Bell, Sandra McPherson, Robert Morgan |
| 1989 | Minnie Bruce Pratt | Crime Against Nature | Marvin Bell, Alfred Corn, Sandra McPherson |
| 1988 | Mary Jo Salter | Unfinished Painting | Alfred Corn, Sandra McPherson, Mary Oliver |
| 1987 | Garrett Hongo | The River of Heaven | Philip Booth, Alfred Corn, Mary Oliver |
| 1986 | Jane Shore | The Minute Hand | Philip Booth, Louise Glück, Mary Oliver |
| 1985 | Cornelius Eady | Victims of the Latest Dance Craze | Philip Booth, Louise Glück, Charles Simic |
| 1984 | Philip Schultz | Deep Within the Ravine | Louise Glück, Charles Simic, David Wagoner |
| 1983 | Sharon Olds | The Dead and the Living | June Jordan, Charles Simic, David Wagoner |
| 1982 | Margaret Gibson | Long Walks in the Afternoon | June Jordan, Richard Shelton, David Wagoner |
| 1981 | Carolyn Forché | The Country Between Us | William Harmon, June Jordan, Richard Shelton |
| 1980 | Michael Van Walleghen | More Trouble with the Obvious | William Harmon, Maxine Kumin, Richard Shelton |
| 1979 | Frederick Seidel | Sunrise | William Harmon, Maxine Kumin |
| 1978 | Ai | Killing Floor | Maxine Kumin, Philip Levine, Charles Wright |
| 1977 | Gerald Stern | Lucky Life | Alan Dugan, Philip Levine, Charles Wright |
| 1976 | Larry Levis | The Afterlife | Alan Dugan, Michael Harper, Philip Levine |
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