| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1974 | Presentation Piece | Viking Press | $5,000 | John Haines |
| Richard Howard | ||||
| Mona Van Duyn |
Born in New York City on November 27, 1942, Marilyn Hacker was the only child of a working-class Jewish couple, each the first in their families to attend college. Hacker attended the Bronx High School of Science before enrolling at New York University, where she received a BA in Romance Languages in 1964.