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|+PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry winners[{{Cite web |date=2020-06-12 |title=PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry Collection |url=https://pen.org/pen-voelcker-award-for-poetry/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=PEN America |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307024021/https://pen.org/pen-voelcker-award-for-poetry/ |url-status=live }}]
!Year
!Recipient
!Judges
!Ref. |
| 1994
|{{sortname|last=Kenyon|first=Jane}}
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| 1996
|{{sortname|last=Wright|first=Franz}}
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| 1998
|{{sortname|last=Williams|first=C. K.}}
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| 2000
|{{sortname|last=McHugh|first=Heather}}
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| 2002
|{{sortname|last=Seidel|first=Frederick}}
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| 2004
|{{sortname|last=Pinsky|first=Robert}}
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| 2006
|{{sortname|last=Gregg|first=Linda}}
|Michael Hofmann, Timothy Liu, and Vijay Seshadri
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| 2008
|{{sortname|last=Hahn|first=Kimiko}}
|Kwame Dawes, Mark Doty, and Marie Howe
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| 2010
|{{sortname|last=Hacker|first=Marilyn}}
|Christopher Ricks, Marie Ponsot, and David Ferry
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| 2012
|{{sortname|last=Derricotte|first=Toi}}
|Dan Chiasson, Aracelis Girmay, and A. Van Jordan
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| 2014
|{{sortname|last=Bidart|first=Frank}}
|Peg Boyers, Toi Derricotte, and Rowan Ricardo Phillips
|[{{cite web |author=Williams |first=John |date=July 30, 2014 |title=James Wolcott and Frank Bidart Among 2014 PEN American Winners |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/james-wolcott-and-frank-bidart-among-2014-pen-award-winners |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=New York Times |archive-date=August 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140801150445/http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/james-wolcott-and-frank-bidart-among-2014-pen-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |title=2014 PEN/Voelcker Award |url=http://www.pen.org/literature/2014-penvoelcker-award |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=PEN |archive-date=July 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140710191613/http://www.pen.org/literature/2014-penvoelcker-award |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |author=Charles |first=Ron |author-link=Ron Charles (critic) |date=July 30, 2014 |title=Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/30/winners-of-the-2014-pen-literary-awards/ |access-date=August 1, 2014 |work=Washington Post |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509075051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/07/30/winners-of-the-2014-pen-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }}] |
| 2016
|{{sortname|last=Roberson|first=Ed}}
|Catherine Barnett, Jericho Brown, and Tina Chang
|[{{cite web |date=March 1, 2016 |title=2016 PEN Literary Award Winners |url=http://www.pen.org/2016-pen-literary-award-winners |access-date=March 2, 2016 |publisher=PEN |archive-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301213047/http://www.pen.org/2016-pen-literary-award-winners |url-status=live }}][{{cite web |author=Galehouse |first=Maggie |date=March 1, 2016 |title=PEN Literary Award winners announced |url=http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/PEN-Literary-Award-winners-announced-6862999.php |access-date=March 2, 2016 |work=Chron |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302102939/http://www.chron.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/PEN-Literary-Award-winners-announced-6862999.php |url-status=live }}] |
| 2018
|{{sortname|last=Brathwaite|first=Kamau}}
|Ed Roberson, Natalie Scenters-Zapico, and Ocean Vuong
|[{{cite web |date=February 2017 |title=2018 PEN American Lifetime Career and Achievement Awards |url=https://pen.org/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees/ |access-date=February 7, 2018 |publisher=PEN America |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005141853/https://pen.org/2018-lifetime-career-achievement-honorees/ |url-status=live }}] |
| 2020
|{{sortname|last=González|first=Rigoberto}}
|Cornelius Eady, Linda Gregerson, Deborah Paredez, and Monica Youn
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| 2021
|{{sortname|last=Chang|first=Victoria}}
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|[{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Danika |date=April 9, 2021 |title=Winners of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Announced |work=Book Riot |url=https://bookriot.com/2021-pen-america-literary-awards/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304190755/https://bookriot.com/2021-pen-america-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }}] |
| 2022
|{{sortname|last=Seuss|first=Diane}}
|Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, Lia Purpura, and Safiya Sinclair
|[{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Eliza |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Here are the winners of the 2022 PEN America Literary Awards. |work=Literary Hub |url=https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |access-date=March 4, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303221307/https://lithub.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2022-pen-america-literary-awards/ |url-status=live }}] |
| 2023
|{{sortname|last=Lewis|first=Robin Coste}}
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|[{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Sophia |title=Percival Everett and Tina Fey Are 2023 PEN Lit Award Winners |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/91676-everett-talty-thurman-geter-win-2023-pen-lit-awards.html |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=March 9, 2024 |date=March 3, 2022}}] |