Lucille Medwick Memorial Award

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

 * 2023: D.S. Waldman, Judge: Jennifer Foerster
 * 2022: Allison Benis White, Judge: Cameron Awkward-Rich
 * 2021: Devon Walker-Figueroa, Judge: Amit Majmudar
 * 2020: Melissa Studdard, Judge: Ruth Ellen Kocher
 * 2019: Cecily Parks, Judge: Rosa Alcalá Finalists: Michael Dumanis, M. Soledad Caballero
 * 2018: Molly Spencer, Judge: Maggie Smith Finalists: Benjamin Paloff, Kevin Prufer
 * 2017: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Judge: Francisco Aragón
 * 2016: Kaveh Akbar, Judge: Yona Harvey
 * 2015: Sandra Meek, Judge: Fady Joudah Finalists: Adam O. Davis, Sara Henning
 * 2014: David Welch, Judge: Jericho Brown Finalists: Janet McAdams, G.C. Waldrop
 * 2013: Gary Young, Judge: Patricia Smith Finalists: Bruce Bond, Diana Khoi Nguyen
 * 2012: Suji Kwock Kim, Judge: Ilya Kaminsky, Finalist: 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