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.""PSA Annual Awards Guidelines" Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America, accessed December 18, 2006
Each winner receives a $500 prize.
Winners 2025: Guion Pratt, Judge Richard Siken 2024: S. Brook Cortman, Judge: Richie Hofmann 2023: Casey Thayer, Judge: Sherwin Bitsui 2022: Armen Davoudian, Judge: Solmaz Sharif 2021: Marcus Wicker, Judge: Camonghne Felix 2020: Michael Dumanis, Judge: Hanif Abdurraqib 2019: Kelli Russell Agodon, Judge: Ilya Kaminsky 2018: Kevin Prufer, Judge: Mark Wunderlich 2017: Jericho Brown, Judge: Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016: Philip Metres, Judge: Rowan Ricardo Phillips 2015: Julia Alvarez, Judge: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 2014: Meghan Kemp-Gee, Judge: John Koethe 2013: Micah Bateman, Judge: Carolyne Wright 2012: Greg Wrenn, Judge: Matthew Dickman 2011: Patrick Phillips, Judge: Deborah Garrison 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
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See also Poetry Society of America List of American literary awards List of poetry awards List of years in poetry
External links Poetry Society of America main awards Web page