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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."
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Each winner receives a $500 prize.
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Winners
2023: D.S. Waldman, Judge:
Jennifer Foerster
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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
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2018:
Molly Spencer , Judge:
Maggie Smith Finalists:
Benjamin Paloff ,
Kevin Prufer
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2017:
Hadara Bar-Nadav , Judge:
Francisco Aragón
[8]
2016:
Kaveh Akbar , Judge:
Yona Harvey
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2015:
Sandra Meek , Judge:
Fady Joudah Finalists:
Adam O. Davis ,
Sara Henning
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2014:
David Welch , Judge:
Jericho Brown Finalists:
Janet McAdams ,
G.C. Waldrop
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2013:
Gary Young , Judge:
Patricia Smith Finalists:
Bruce Bond ,
Diana Khoi Nguyen
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2012:
Suji Kwock Kim , Judge:
Ilya Kaminsky , Finalist:
Rebecca Morgan Frank
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2011:
Kerri Webster , Judge:
Nikky Finney
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2010:
Sandra Stone , Judge:
Juan Felipe Herrera
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2009:
Wayne Miller , Judge:
Elizabeth Alexander
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2008:
Christina Pugh , Judge:
Timothy Donnelly
[17]
2007:
Wayne Miller , Judge:
Tracy K. Smith
[18]
2006:
Lynn Knight , Judge:
Grace Schulman
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2005:
Wayne Miller , Judge:
Vijay Seshadri
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2004:
Wayne Miller , Judge:
Terrance Hayes
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2003:
Alan Michael Parker , Judge:
Katha Pollitt
[22]
2002:
Minne Bruce Pratt , Judge:
Cornelius Eady
[23]
2001:
Mary Jane Nealon
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