| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judge |
| 2001 | The Epistles of Horace | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $1,000 | Carolyn Forché |
In 1924, David Ferry was born in Orange, New Jersey. He completed his education at Amherst College and Harvard University, and served as a Sergeant in the United States Army Air Force from 1943 to 1946.