| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1978 | Brothers, I Loved You All | Sheep Meadow Press | $25,000 | Alastair Reid |
| Galway Kinnell | ||||
| Mark Strand |
Hayden Carruth was born on August 3, 1921, in Waterbury, Connecticut, and educated at both the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Chicago, where he earned a master’s degree.