The James Laughlin Award, formerly the Lamont Poetry Prize, is given annually for a poet's second published book; it is the only major poetry award that honors a second book.
[1] It is currently named after James Laughlin, an American poet and editor who founded New Directions Publishing, the distributor of English-translated Siddhartha.
In 1959, Harvey Shapiro referred to the award as "roughly, a Pulitzer for bardlings.
"[2] This partial listing is taken from the website of the Academy of American Poets.
[3] For the first 20 years, a poet's first published volume was the annual Lamont Poetry Selection.