| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1976 | The Private Life | Louisiana State University Press | $5,000 | Alan Dugan |
| John Haines | ||||
| Michael Harper |
Lisel Mueller was born in Hamburg, Germany, on February 8, 1924. Her books of poetry include Alive Together: New & Selected Poems (Louisiana State University Press, 1996), which won the Pulitzer Prize, Learning to Play by Ear (1990), and Waving from Shore (1989).