The Poetry Foundation and Poetry magazine are pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Ruth Lilly Fellowships.

Nicky Beer
Roger Reeves
Michael Rutherglen
Alison Stine
Caki Wilkinson


Thank you to all those who submitted applications.

(Guidelines and applications for the 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowships will be available February 1, 2009)

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Previous Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship Recipients
Saskia Hamilton 1989
Cathy Wagner 1990
Gregory A. Sellers 1991
James Kimbrell 1992
Davis McCombs 1993
Christian Wiman 1994
Matt D. Collinsworth 1995
Erin G. Brooks 1996
Zarina Mullan Plath 1996
Delisa Mulkey 1997
W. Morri Creech 1997
Christine Stewart 1998
Robin Cooper-Stone 1998
Kevin Meaux 1999
Maudelle Driskell 1999
Christina Pugh 2000
Wayne Miller 2000
Ilya Kaminsky 2001
Alissa Leigh 2001
Emily Rosko 2002
Marc Bittner 2002
Katherine Larson 2003
Kathleen Rooney 2003
Nathan Bartel 2004
Emily Moore 2004
Michael McGriff 2005
Miller Oberman 2005
Colin Cheney 2006
David Krump 2006
Sean Brian Bishop 2007
Megan Grumbling 2007