| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1997 | Peasants Wake for Fellini's Casanova and Other Poems by Andrea Zanzotto | University of Illinois Press | $10,000 | Alfredo de Palchi |
| Jonathan Galassi | ||||
| Paolo Valesio |
Poet and translator John P. Welle, who earned his MFA and PhD at the University of Indiana, has received grants and fellowships from the Fulbright Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities.