The Arthur Rense Prize was established in 1998 when Paige Rense started the award of $20,000 in memory of her husband, the sportswriter and poet Arthur Rense. The prize is given triennially to an exceptional poet by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Winners:
- 2011 — David Wagoner
- 2008 — Hayden Carruth
- 2005 — Daniel Hoffman
- 2002 — B.H. Fairchild
- 1999 — James McMichael
Famous quotes containing the words arthur, rense and/or prize:
“Honors to me now are not what they once were.”
—Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)
“When I quit working, I lost all sense of identity in about fifteen minutes.”
—Paige Rense (b. 1929)
“In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft ‘tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law; but ‘tis not so above:
There is no shuffling.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)