2000
• Clifton, Lucille. Blessing the Boats
• Trethewey, Natasha. Domestic Work

2001
• Alexander, Elizabeth. Antebellum Dream Book
• Eady, Cornelius. Brutal Imagination
• Komunyakaa, Yusef . Pleasure Dome
• Nelson, Marilyn. Carver

2002
• Cortez, Jayne. Jazz Fan Looks Back
• Harper, Michael S. Songlines in Michaeltree
• Hayes, Terrance. Hip Logic
• Jackson, Major. Leaving Saturn
• Mullen, Harryette. Blues Baby
• Mullen, Harryette. Sleeping with the Dictionary
• Trethewey, Natasha. Bellocq's Ophelia

2003
• Joseph, Allison. Imitation of Life
• Young, Kevin. jelly roll

2004
• Ai. Dread
• Baraka, Amiri. Somebody Blew Up America & Other Poems
• Clifton, Lucille. Mercy
• Dove, Rita. American Smooth
• Ellis, Thomas Sayers. The Maverick Room
• Joseph, Allison. Worldly Pleasures
• Lilley, Gary Copeland. The Subsequent Blues
• Moss, Thylias. Slave Moth
• Walker, Frank X. Buffalo Dance

2005
• Alexander, Elizabeth. American Sublime
• Jess, Tyehimba. Leadbelly
• Jordan, A. Van. M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A
• Nelson, Marilyn. A Wreath for Emmett Till
• Young, Kevin. Black Maria

2006
• Francis, Vievee. Blue-Tail Fly
• Hayes, Terrance. Wind in a Box
• Jackson, Major. Hoops: Poems
• Johnson, Amaud Jamaul. Red Summer
• Shockley, Evie. a half-red sea
• Smith, Patricia. Teahouse of the Almighty
• Troupe, Quincy. The Architecture of Language
• Young, Al. The Sound of Dreams Remembered: Poems 1990-2000

2007
• Alexander, Elizabeth and Marilyn Nelson. Miss Crandall's School for Young Ladies & Little Misses of Color
• Jordan, A. Van. Quantum Lyrics
• Trethewey, Natasha. Native Guard
• Young, Kevin. For the Confederate Dead

2008
• Brown, Jericho. Please
• Clifton, Lucille. Voices
• Moore, Lenard. A Temple Looming
• Powell, Kevin. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
• Lilley, Gary Copeland. Alpha Zulu
• Smith, Patricia. Blood Dazzler
• Walker, Frank X. When Winter Come
• Young, Kevin. Dear Darkness

2009
• Alexander, Elizabeth. Praise Song for the Day
• Dove, Rita. Sonata Mulattica
• Giovanni, Nikki. Bicycles
• Joseph, Allison. Voice: Poems
• Madhubuti, Haki. Liberation Narratives
• Matejka, Adrian. Mixology

2010
• Alexander, Elizabeth. Crave Radiance
• Ellis, Thomas Sayers. Skin Inc.
• Hayes, Terrance. Lighthead
• Jackson, Gary. Missing You, Metropolis
• Jackson, Major. Holding Company
• Joseph, Allison. My Father’s Kites
• Medina, Tony. My Old Man Was Always on the Lam
• Murillo, John. Up Jump the Boogie
• Sanchez, Sonia. Morning Haiku
• Walker, Alice. Hard Times Require Furious Dancing
• Walker, Frank X. Issac Murphy I Dedicate This Ride

2011
• Finney, Nikky. Head Off & Split
• Komunyakaa, Yusef. The Chameleon Couch: Poems
• Shockley, Evie. the new black
• Smith, Tracy K. Life on Mars
• Warr, Michael. The Armageddon of Funk
• Young, Kevin. Ardency

2012
• Clifton, Lucille. The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010
• Smith, Patricia. Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
• Wicker, Marcus. Maybe the Saddest Thing

2013
• Ai. The Collected Poem of Ai
• Cherry, James E. Loose Change
• Giovanni, Nikki. Chasing Utopia
• Harris, Reginald. Autogeography
• Jordan, A. Van. Cineaste
• Matejka, Adrian. The Big Smoke 
• McCall, Jason. Dear Hero,
• Moon, Kamilah Aisha. She Has a Name
• Walker, Frank X. Turn Me Loose: The Unghosting of Medgar Evers

2014
• Nelson, Marilyn. How I Discovered Poetry