| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1977 | The Afterlife | University of Iowa Press | $5,000 | Alan Dugan |
| Michael Harper | ||||
| Philip Levine |
Larry Patrick Levis was born in Fresno, California, on September 30, 1946. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) in 1968, a master’s degree from Syracuse University in 1970, and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1974.