| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2001 | Blue Dusk | Copper Canyon Press | $25,000 | Joy Harjo |
| Michael S. Harper | ||||
| Lawson Inada |
On November 18, 1919, Madeline DeFrees was born in Ontario, Oregon and moved to Hillsboro in 1923. She received a BA degree from Marylhurst College and an MA from the University of Oregon.