| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2007 | Duende | Graywolf Press | $5,000 | Elizabeth Alexander |
| Kimiko Hahn | ||||
| Terrance Hayes |
Born on April 16, 1972, Tracy K. Smith was raised in Falmouth, Massachusetts. She studied at Harvard, where she joined the Dark Room Collective, a reading series for writers of color. She went on to receive her MFA from Columbia University.