| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 1997 | Questions for Ecclesiastes | Story Line Press | $25,000 | Charles Simic |
| Chase Twichell | ||||
| Charles Wright |
Mark Jarman was born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, on June 5, 1952. He earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1974 and an MFA from the University of Iowa in 1976.