Lucille Medwick Memorial Award

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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."

Each winner receives a $500 prize.

Winners

2013: Gary Young, Judge: Patricia Smith Finalists: Bruce Bond, Diana Khoi Nguyen

2012:Suji Kwock Kim, Judge:Ilya Kaminsy, Finalists: Rebecca Morgan Frank

2011:Kerri Webster, Judge: Nikky Finney

2010: Sandra Stone, Judge: Juan Felipe Herrera

2009: Wayne Miller, Judge: Elizabeth Alexander

2008: Christina Pugh, Judge: Timothy Donnelly

2007: Wayne Miller, Judge: Tracy K. Smith

2006: Lynn Knight, Judge: Grace Schulman

2005: Wayne Miller, Judge: Vijay Seshadri

2004: Wayne Miller, Judge: Terrance Hayes

2003: Alan Michael Parker, Judge: Katha Pollitt

2002: Minne Bruce Pratt, Judge: Cornelius Eady

2001: Mary Jane Nealon

References

Lucille Medwick Memorial Award Wikipedia

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