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.
Poetry Society of America
The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
. 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
- 2010: Sandra StoneSandra StoneSandra Stone is an American poet and writer of both literary fiction and nonfiction.-Life:Sandra Stone is a writer, visual, and conceptual artist working in various genres. She has received more than 35 commissions from architectural teams to create art for both public interiors and the landscape...
, Judge: Juan Felipe HerreraJuan Felipe HerreraJuan Felipe Herrera is a poet, performer, writer, cartoonist, teacher, and activist.The only son of María de la Luz Quintana and Felipe Emilio Herrera, the three were campesinos living from crop to crop, and from tractor to trailer to tents on the roads of the San Joaquín Valley, Southern... - 2009: Wayne Miller, Judge: Elizabeth AlexanderElizabeth Alexander (poet)Elizabeth Alexander is an American poet, essayist, playwright, and a university professor.-Early life:Alexander was born in Harlem, New York City and grew up in Washington D.C. She is the daughter of former United States Secretary of the Army and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chairman...
- 2008: Christina Pugh, Judge: Timothy DonnellyTimothy DonnellyTimothy Donnelly is an American poet. He earned his BA from The Johns Hopkins University and his MFA in Poetry from Columbia University's MFA Program for Poets & Writers...
- 2007: Wayne Miller, Judge: Tracy K. SmithTracy K. SmithTracy K. Smith is an African American poet and educator. She has published three collections of poetry. About her most recent collection, Life on Mars , Joel Brouwer wrote: "Smith shows herself to be a poet of extraordinary range and ambition......
- 2006: Lynn Knight, Judge: Grace SchulmanGrace Schulman-Life:She studied at Bard College, and graduated from American University in 1955, and from New York University with a Ph.D.She is Distinguished Professor of English at Baruch College, CUNY...
- 2005: Wayne Miller, Judge: Vijay SeshadriVijay SeshadriVijay Seshadri is a Brooklyn, New York-based poet, essayist, and literary critic of significant repute.He was born in India and came to the United States in 1959 at the age of five. He grew up in Columbus, Ohio and has lived in many parts of the United States, including the Northwest and the Upper...
- 2004: Wayne Miller, Judge: Terrance HayesTerrance HayesTerrance Hayes is a prize-winning American poet. His recent poetry collection Lighthead won the National Book Award for Poetry...
- 2003: Alan Michael Parker, Judge: Katha PollittKatha PollittKatha Pollitt is an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry...
- 2002: Minne Bruce Pratt, Judge: Cornelius EadyCornelius EadyCornelius Eady is an American poet focusing largely on matters of race and society, particularly the trials of the African-American race in the United States. His poetry often centers around jazz and blues, family life, violence, and societal problems stemming from questions of race and class...
- 2001: Mary Jane NealonMary Jane Nealon-Life:She was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey.She received her MFA from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina.From 1976, she worked as a nurse in New Jersey and New York City. After Sept...
See also
- Poetry Society of AmericaPoetry Society of AmericaThe Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists including Witter Bynner. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the have included such renowned writers as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent...
- List of American literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry
External links
- http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa-awards.php Poetry Society of America main awards Web page