| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1996 | Wise Poison | Graywolf Press | $5,000 | Heather McHugh |
| William Matthews | ||||
| David St. John |
Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1953, David Rivard is the author of Sugartown (Graywolf Press, 2005), Bewitched Playground (2000), and Torque (1987), which won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and was published by the Pitt Poetry Series.