The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award
$250 Given by the PSA to honor the memory and poetry of Emily Dickinson, for a poem inspired by Dickinson though not necessarily in her style.
View ArticleCecil Hemley Memorial Award
$500 Established by Jack Stadler, former Treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynn Stadler, for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern.
View ArticleLyric Poetry Award
$500 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.
View ArticleLucille Medwick Memorial Award
$500 Established by Maury Medwick in memory of his wife, the poet and editor, for an original poem in any form on a humanitarian theme.
View ArticleAlice Fay Di Castagnola Award
$1,000 Offered in memory of a benefactor and friend of the PSA, and partially endowed by the Estate of Rachel Dalven, and the estate of Ellen Lamon Anderson, for a manuscript-in-progress of poetry or...
View ArticleGeorge Bogin Memorial Award
$500 Established by the family and friends of George Bogin for a selection of four or five poems that use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and...
View ArticleRobert H. Winner Memorial Award
$2,500 Established by the family and friends of Robert H. Winner, whose first book of poems appeared when he was almost fifty years old. This award acknowledges original work being done in mid-career...
View ArticleLouise Louis / Emily F. Bourne Student Award
Endowed under the wills of Louise Louis Whitbread and Ruth M. Bourne, this prize is awarded for the best unpublished poem by a student in grades 9 through 12 from the United States. Teachers or...
View ArticleNorma Farber First Book Award
Established by the family and friends of Norma Farber, poet and author of children's books, for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a...
View ArticleWilliam Carlos Williams Award
Endowed by the family and friends of Geraldine Clinton Little, a poet and author of short stories and former vice-president of the PSA, for a book of poetry written by a single author who is a...
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