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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]

Contents

• Winners
• Notes
• See also
• External links

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

Winners

• 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]

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