| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1995 | Chickamauga | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | $25,000 | Philip Levine |
| Yusef Komunyakaa | ||||
| Laurie Sheck |
Born on August 25, 1935, in Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, Charles Wright was educated at Davidson College and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.