The Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize

2011

The winner of the seventh annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize is Lime Green Chair by Chris Andrews Mr Andrews, of Dulwich Hill, New South Wales, Australia, will receive a cheque for $3,000 and Waywiser will publish Lime Green Chair – his second collection of poems – in the fall of 2012. It took the press's screening panel two months of careful reading, deliberation and discussion to narrow the field to the group of finalists which, stripped of all identifying reference, was then sent to the 2011 judge, Mark Strand. Waywiser's Senior American Editor, Joe Harrison, rang Mr Andrews with Mr Strand's decision in April. Our congratulations go not just to Chris Andrews and to those whose manuscripts reached the later stages of the contest – the finalists and semi-finalists are listed below – but to everyone else who entered. It is thanks to everyone who participated that the 2011 contest has been another resounding success. If you would like to read poems by the people who made it as far as the semi-finals in the 2011 contest, please click on the relevant name and title below.     Winner Chris Andrews, Lime Green Chair   Semi-Finalists and Finalists (in name order) Andrea Carter Brown, True Confessions of a Foot Fetishist Lesley Dauer, Carnival Life Anthony Deaton, Voice, Compass, Clay Katy Didden, Avalanche Joseph Fasano, Fugue for Other Hands Ezra Feldman, The Body as One Alex Gang, The Speaker of These Poems is Alex Gang Ani Gjika, Bread on Running Waters Amy Greacen, A Modern Herbal Carrie Green, Double Brilliance John Hennessy, Icons in the Church of Unrest Lesley Jenike, Genius of the Place Youna Kwak, The Physical Heart David Livewell, Shackamaxon Philip Morre, Suburban Perseids Alison Powell, On The Desire to Levitate Bill Rasmovicz, Gross Ardor Phillip Sterling, Some Play of Light John Wedgwood Clarke, Ghost Pot John Whalen, Home for the Reenactment Philip White, Fire Chorus Ivan Young, Smell of Salt, Ghost of Rain