title: Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award
text: # Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award
  
  Poetry Society of America's Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Poetry Award is given "for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States. The award is endowed under the will of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne. Each winner receives a $250 prize.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * 2018: Emily Tian, Judge: Jillian Weise
  * 2017: Alex Bishop, Judge: Ari Banias
  * 2016: Aidan Forster, Judge: Rebecca Gayle Howell
  * 2015: Brynne Rebele-Henry, Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
  * 2014: Helen Galvin Ross, Judge: Richard Blanco
  * 2013: Lizza Rodriguez, Judge: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
  * 2012: Natalie Richardson, Judge: Dorothea Lasky
  * 2011: Clara Fannjiang, Judge: Ada Limon
  * 2010: Liya Person-Rechtman, Judge: Arda Collins
  * 2009: Grace Dunham, Judge: Matthew Rohrer
  * 2008: Carey Powers, Judge: David Roderick
  * 2007: Laura Ruffino, Judge: Thomas Sayers Ellis
  * 2006: Katherine Browning, Judge: Prageeta Sharma
  * 2005: Paul Hendricks, Judge: Major Jackson
  * 2004: Zachary Hertz, Judge: Brian Henry
  * 2003: Hannah Jones, Judge: Brenda Shaugnessy
  * 2002: Julia Friedlander, Judge: Timothy Liu
  * 2001: Margaret Wohl
  * 2000: Michael Ward, Judge: Elizabeth Alexander
  