| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judge |
| 1998 | Selected Translations | BOA Editions | $1,000 | William Jay Smith |
William De Witt Snodgrass was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on January 5, 1926. He attended Geneva College and then served in the United States Navy until 1946. He then attended the State University of Iowa, where he earned his MFA in 1953.