| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2018 | Bury It | Wesleyan University Press | $5,000 | Tyehimba Jess |
| Ruth Ellen Kocher | ||||
| Jill McDonough |
sam sax is the author of Madness (Penguin Books, 2017). His second collection Bury It (University of Wesleyan Press, 2018) won the 2017 James Laughlin Award.