| Year | Title | Publisher | Prize Amount | Judges |
| 2008 | the true keeps calm biding its story | Ahsahta Press | $5,000 | Rae Armantrout |
| Claudia Rankine | ||||
| Bruce Smith |
Rusty Morrison is the author of Beyond the Chainlink (Ahsahta Press, 2014). She is the copublisher of Omnidawn and lives in Richmond, California.