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
Notes
- ^ "Poetry Society of America Awards Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-05-02."PSA Annual Awards Guidelines" Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America, accessed December 18, 2006
See also
- Poetry Society of America
- List of American literary awards
- List of poetry awards
- List of years in poetry