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

See also

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

External links

• Poetry Society of America main awards Web page
• Gary Young