Lucille Medwick Memorial Award Explained

The Lucille Medwick Memorial Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America. It was "established by Maury Medwick in memory of his wife, the poet and editor, for an original poem in any form on a humanitarian theme."^[1]

Each winner receives a $500 prize.^[1]

Winners

• 2023: D.S. Waldman, Judge: Jennifer Foerster^[2]
• 2022: Allison Benis White, Judge: Cameron Awkward-Rich^[3]
• 2021: Devon Walker-Figueroa, Judge: Amit Majmudar^[4]
• 2020: Melissa Studdard, Judge: Ruth Ellen Kocher^[5]
• 2019: Cecily Parks, Judge: Rosa Alcalá Finalists: Michael Dumanis, M. Soledad Caballero^[6]
• 2018: Molly Spencer, Judge: Maggie Smith Finalists: Benjamin Paloff, Kevin Prufer^[7]
• 2017: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Judge: Francisco Aragón^[8]
• 2016: Kaveh Akbar, Judge: Yona Harvey^[9]
• 2015: Sandra Meek, Judge: Fady Joudah Finalists: Adam O. Davis, Sara Henning^[10]
• 2014: David Welch, Judge: Jericho Brown Finalists: Janet McAdams, G.C. Waldrop^[11]
• 2013: Gary Young, Judge: Patricia Smith Finalists: Bruce Bond, Diana Khoi Nguyen^[12]
• 2012: Suji Kwock Kim, Judge: Ilya Kaminsky, Finalist: Rebecca Morgan Frank^[13]
• 2011: Kerri Webster, Judge: Nikky Finney^[14]
• 2010: Sandra Stone, Judge: Juan Felipe Herrera^[15]
• 2009: Wayne Miller, Judge: Elizabeth Alexander^[16]
• 2008: Christina Pugh, Judge: Timothy Donnelly^[17]
• 2007: Wayne Miller, Judge: Tracy K. Smith^[18]
• 2006: Lynn Knight, Judge: Grace Schulman^[19]
• 2005: Wayne Miller, Judge: Vijay Seshadri^[20]
• 2004: Wayne Miller, Judge: Terrance Hayes^[21]
• 2003: Alan Michael Parker, Judge: Katha Pollitt^[22]
• 2002: Minne Bruce Pratt, Judge: Cornelius Eady^[23]
• 2001: Mary Jane Nealon^[24]

Notes

1. Web site: Poetry Society of America Awards Guidelines . 2008-05-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502204344/http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards_gdln.html . 2008-05-02 . "PSA Annual Awards Guidelines" Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America, accessed December 18, 2006
2. Web site: https://poetrysociety.org/award-winners/poetry-society-of-america-awards/lucille-medwick-memorial-award . Poetry Society of America.
3. Web site: https://poetrysociety.org/award-winners/2022-poetry-society-of-america-awards/lucille-medwick-memorial-award . Poetry Society of America.
4. Web site: Award Winners . Poetry Society of America .
5. Web site: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award . Poetry Society of America .
6. Web site: Award Winners . Poetry Society of America .
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8. Web site: Award Winners . Poetry Society of America .
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18. Web site: Award Winners . Poetry Society of America .
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22. Web site: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award . Poetry Society of America .
23. Web site: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award . Poetry Society of America .
24. Web site: Lucille Medwick Memorial Award . Poetry Society of America .

See also

• Poetry Society of America
• List of American literary awards
• List of poetry awards
• List of years in poetry

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20090924210756/http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards.php Poetry Society of America main awards Web page
• Gary Young