| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1977 | Collected Poems, 1919-1976 | Farrar, Straus And Giroux | $25,000 | Alastair Reid |
| John Hollander | ||||
| May Swenson |
On November 19, 1899, John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Clarke County, Kentucky. He attended Vanderbilt University and graduated magna cum laude in 1922.