Cecil Hemley Memorial Award
The Cecil Hemley Memorial Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America "for a lyric poem that addresses a philosophical or epistemological concern."
The award was established by Jack Stadler, the former Treasurer of the PSA, and his late wife, Ralynne Stadler. Cecil Hemley was a poet and a translator from the Yiddish.
Each winner receives a $500 prize.Winners
- 2010: Karla Kelsey, Judge: Forrest Gander
- 2009: Melissa Kwasny, Judge: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
- 2008: Brian Henry, Judge: Norma Cole
- 2007: Yerra Sugarman, Judge: Michael Palmer
- 2006: Rusty Morrison, Judge: Cal Bedient
- 2005: G. C. Waldrep, Judge: Alice Notley
- 2004: Fritz Ward, Judge: Susan Stewart
- 2003: Lynn Veach Sadler, Judge:
- 2002: Andrew Zawacki, Judge: Wayne Koestenbaum
- 2001: Angie Estes, Judge: Lynn Emanuel
