1983 John Arnold Lunchtime Drinking Frances Horovitz
1984 Madeline Munro Mary Magdalene Laurence Lerner
1985 Margaret Crane Virginia, 1941 Carol Rumens
1986 Margaret Crane Chapel Barn Blake Morrison
1987 Helen Baynes Old Beatties Tale James Berry
1988 Julie Burville Pincer Movement Carole Satyamurti
1989 Caroline Price The Rabbit Line Peter Scupham
1990 Caroline Price Effigy UA Fanthorpe
1991 Julie Burville Fox Sights Myra Schneider
1992 Madeline Munro Time Travel John Cotton
1993 Susan Wicks First Poem Donald Atkinson
1994 Clive Eastwood Pro Patria? William Scammell
1995 Lynne Rees Fishing in Paris Selima Hill
1996 Lynne Rees The Lady’s Annual Pocket Book John Burnside
1997 Caroline Price Bicycle Race on the Goodwin Sands Hubert Moore
1998 Mary McNulty Sea Dog Mimi Khalvati
1999 Clive Eastwood Alphabets George Szirtes
2000 Lynne Rees Spontaneous John Whitworth
2001 Clive Eastwood Gibbet Martyn Crucefix
2002 Mary Gurr Mirage Michael Laskey
2003 Steve Walter A Lampshade Painted with Naked Jackie Wills
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