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."[1]
Each winner receives a $500 prize.[1]
- 2025: Ina Cariño, Judge: Natalie Scenters-Zapico
- 2024: Cindy Juyoung Ok, Judge: Sandra Lim
- 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]