First Book Awards for Poetry
from the
Native Writers Circle of the Americas

1992Gloria BirdFull Moon on the ReservationSpokane
Joe Dale Tate NevaquayaMaking HolesYuchi - Comanche
 
1993Kimberly BlaeserTrailing YouWhite Earth Chippewa
 
1994Tiffany MidgeOutlaws, Renegades and SaintsStanding Rock Sioux
 
1995Denise SweetSongs for DischarmingWhite Earth Chippewa
 
1996Charles G. BallardWinter Count PoemsQuapaw - Cherokee
 
1997Deborah A. MirandaIndian CartographyCostanoan - Esselen - Ohlone
 
1998Jennifer K. GreeneWhat I KeepSalish-Kootenai/ Chippewa - Cree
 
1999Janet McAdamsThe Island of Lost LuggageAlabama Creek
 
2000Karenne WoodMarkings on EarthMonacan
 
2001Suzanne RancourtBillboard in the CloudsAbenaki
 
2002Renee MatthewDown River From HereKoyukon
 Phillip Caroll MorganThe Fork-in-the-Road Indian Poetry StoreChoctaw- Chickasaw
2003Marlon D. ShermanWild PlumsOglala Lakota
2004Christina M. CastroSilence on the RezJemez Pueblo - Taos Pueblo
 Cathy RuizStirring up the WaterCree-Métis
2005Kim Shuck Smuggling CherokeeCherokee-Sac & Fox
2006Rebecca Hatcher TravisPicked Apart the BonesChickasaw
2007Kade L. TwistAmazing GraceCherokee
2008???
2009L. Rain Cranford-GomezSmoked Mullet Cornbread MemoryLouisiana Choctaw-Creek/Louisiana Creole/Nakoda Metis/Celtic American


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