| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1988 | The River of Heaven | Alfred A. Knopf | $5,000 | Philip Booth |
| Alfred Corn | ||||
| Mary Oliver |
Japanese American poet, Garrett Hongo, was born in Volcano, Hawai’i, on May 30, 1951. He attended Pomona University and the University of Michigan. He received his MFA in English from the University of California at Irvine.