| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1972 | Concurring Beasts | Atheneum | $5,000 | Michael Benedikt |
| Richard Howard | ||||
| James Merrill |
On February 19, 1941, Stephen Dobyns was born in Orange, New Jersey. He graduated from Wayne State University and has an MFA from the University of Iowa. Dobyns has published ten books of poetry and twenty novels.