| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2005 | Our Post-Soviet History Unfolds | Sarabande Books | $25,000 | Carl Dennis |
| Tony Hoagland | ||||
| Carol Muske-Dukes |
Eleanor Lerman was raised in the Bronx and Far Rockaway, and has lived in New York City all her life. Her first book of poetry, Armed Love (Wesleyan University Press), was published in 1973 when she was twenty-one and was nominated for a National Book Award.