| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judge |
| 1981 | Work, for the Night Is Coming | Macmillan | $1,000 | Galway Kinnell |
Jared Carter is the author of several poetry collections, including Darkened Rooms of Summer (University of Nebraska Press, 2014), A Dance in the Street (Wind Publications, 2012), and Cross This Bridge at a Walk (Wind Publications, 2006). His honors include the Indiana Governor’s Arts Award; the 1992 New Letters Literary Award for Poetry, judged by Philip Levine; the Poets’ Prize; and the 2002 Rainmaker Award for Poetry, judged by Marilyn Chin; as well as fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Indiana.