Lyric Poetry Award

The Lyric Poetry Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America and was "established under the will of PSA member Mrs. Consuelo Ford (Althea Urn), and also in memory of Mary Carolyn Davies, for a lyric poem on any subject."

Each winner receives a $500 prize.

Winners

 * 2010: Ira Sadoff, Judge: Meghan O'Rourke
 * 2009: Susan Kinsolving, Judge: Lucie Brock-Broido
 * 2008: Wayne Miller, Judge: Elizabeth Macklin
 * 2007: Ed Skoog, Judge: Srikanth Reddy
 * 2006: Alice Jones, Judge: Toi Derricotte
 * 2005: Lee Upton, Judge: Susan Wheeler
 * 2004: Carol Ciavonne, Judge: D.A. Powell
 * 2002: Shira Dentz, Judge: Mark Levine
 * 2001: Gary Young