2009 J.O. Morgan – Natural Mechanical (CB editions)
2008 Ciaran Berry – The Sphere of Birds (The Gallery Press)
2007 Tiffany Atkinson – Kink and Particle (Seren)
2006 Roger Moulson – Waiting for the Night Rowers (Enitharmon)
2005 Nick Laird – To A Fault (Faber)
2004 Julia Casterton – The Doves of Finisterre (The Rialto)
2003 Martha Kapos – My Night in Cupid’s Palace (Enitharmon)
2003 Helena Nelson – Starlight on Water (The Rialto)
2003 Matthew Welton – The Book of Matthew (Carcanet)
2002 Henry Shukman – In Doctor No’s Garden (Cape)
2001 Esther Morgan – Beyond Calling Distance (Bloodaxe)
2000 Colette Bryce – The Heel of Bernadette (Picador)
1999 Cliff Yates – Henry’s Clock (Smith/Doorstop)
1998 Tamar Yoseloff – Sweetheart (Slow Dancer Press)
1997 Robin Robertson – A Painted Field (Picador)
1996 Glyn Wright – Could Have Been Funny (Spike)
1995 Gwyneth Lewis – Parables & Faxes (Bloodaxe)
1994 Sue Stewart – Inventing the Fishes (Anvil)
1993 no prize awarded
1992 Susan Wicks – Singing Underwater (Faber)
1991 Mark Roper – The Hen Ark (Peterloo)
1990 Donald Atkinson – A Sleep of Drowned Fathers (Peterloo)
1989 John Lucas – Studying Grosz on the Bus (Peterloo)