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Cecil Hemley Memorial Award

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The Cecil Hemley Memorial Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America "for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern."

The award was established by Jack Stadler, the former Treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynne Stadler. Cecil Hemley was a poet and a translator from the Yiddish.

Each winner receives a $500 prize.

Winners

  • 2010: Karla Kelsey, Judge: Forrest Gander
  • 2009: Melissa Kwasny, Judge: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
  • 2008: Brian Henry, Judge: Norma Cole
  • 2007: Yerra Sugarman, Judge: Michael Palmer
  • 2006: Rusty Morrison, Judge: Cal Bedient
  • 2005: G. C. Waldrep, Judge: Alice Notley
  • 2004: Fritz Ward, Judge: Susan Stewart
  • 2003: Lynn Veach Sadler, Judge:
  • 2002: Andrew Zawacki, Judge: Wayne Koestenbaum
  • 2001: Angie Estes, Judge: Lynn Emanuel

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