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Poetry Society of America The Poetry Society of America is a literary organization founded in 1910 by poets, editors, and artists. It is the oldest poetry organization in the United States. Past members of the society have included such renowned poets as Witter Bynner, Ro ...

's George Bogin Memorial Award is given "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 to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms.""PSA Annual Awards Guidelines"
Web page at the Web site of the Poetry Society of America. Retrieved December 18, 2006. Each winner receives a $500 prize.

Winners

*2001: Brian Henry *2002:

Kevin Prufer Kevin D. Prufer (born 1969 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet, academic, editor, and essayist. His most recent books are ''How He Loved Them'' ( Four Way Books, 2018),''Churches'' ( Four Way Books, 2014), ''In A Beautiful Country'' ( Four ...

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Jill Bialosky Jill Bialosky (Born Jill Robin Bialosky, April 13, 1957 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American poet, novelist, essayist and executive book editor. She is the author of four volumes of poetry, three novels, and two recent memoirs. She co-edited with ...

*2003: Susan Terris, Judge:

Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez (born Wilsonia Benita Driver; September 9, 1934) is an American poet, writer, and professor. She was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement and has written over a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essay ...

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Tory Dent Victorine "Tory" Dent (January 1, 1958 – December 30, 2005) was an American poet, art critic, and commentator on the AIDS crisis. Life Dent was born in 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware. She graduated from Barnard College in 1981. She was diagno ...

*2005:

G.C. Waldrep G. C. Waldrep (born George Calvin Waldrep III; 1968) is an American poet and historian. Biography Waldrep was born in South Boston, Virginia. He earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees in history at Harvard University and Duke University, resp ...

*2006:

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Marie Howe Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tro ...

*2007: Wayne Miller, Judge:

Eleni Sikelianos Eleni Sikelianos (born 1965) is an American experimental poet with a particular interest in scientific idiom. She is Professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. Early life Sikelianos is the great-granddaughter of the Greek poet Angelos Sike ...

*2008: Theresa Sotto, Judge:

Prageeta Sharma Prageeta Sharma (born 1972) is an American poet. She is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College. Life Sharma is the author of the poetry collections ''Grief Sequence'' (Wave Books, 2019), ''Undergloom'' (Fence Books, 2013), ''Inf ...

*2009: Rusty Morrison, Judge:

John Yau John Yau (born June 5, 1950) is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction ...

*2010: Sawnie Morris, Judge:

Hettie Jones Hettie Jones (née Cohen; born in 1934) is an American poet. She has written twenty-three books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including ''The Trees Stand ...

*2011: Suji Kwock Kim, Judge:

Aimee Nezhukumatathil Aimee Nezhukumatathil (; Malayalam Abugida: നേഴുകുമറ്റത്തിൽ; ; born in 1974 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American poet and essayist. Nezhukumatathil draws upon her Filipina and Malayali Indian background to give her ...

, Finalists: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Rebecca Morgan Frank, Leslie Williams *2012: Suji Kwock Kim, Judge:

Evie Shockley Evie Shockley is an American poet. Shockley received the 2012 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Poetry for her book ''the new black'' and the 2012 Holmes National Poetry Prize. She was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2018. Early life and education ...

, Finalists: Rebecca Morgan Frank, Mary Morris *2013:

Paula Bohince Paula or PAULA may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Paula, in video game ''EarthBound'' * Paula, in ''The Larry Sanders Show'' * Paula Campbell (''EastEnders''), in 2003 Film and television * ''Paula'' (1915 film), a si ...

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Cate Marvin Cate Marvin is an American poet. Life She graduated from Marlboro College, University of Houston, University of Iowa, and University of Cincinnati with a Ph.D. She has taught at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York and Columbi ...

, Finalists: Jamaal May, Lucy Ricciardi *2014: Gary Young, Judge: Jessica Greenbaum, Finalists:

Meena Alexander Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018) was an Indian American poet, scholar, and writer. Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander later lived and worked in New York City, where she was a Distinguished P ...

and Jane Wong *2015: Dean Rader, Judge:

Stephen Burt Stephanie Burt (born 1971) is a literary critic and poet who is Professor of English at Harvard University. ''The New York Times'' has called her "one of the most influential poetry critics of ergeneration". Burt grew up around Washington, D.C. S ...

, Finalists: Nina Puro and Diana Khoi Nguyen *2016: Adam O. Davis, Judge: Eduardo Corral, Finalists: Shara Lessley and Purvi Shah *2017: Marie La Viña, Judge: Victoria Redel, Finalists:

Beth Bachmann Beth Bachmann is an American poet. Bachmann is Writer in Residence of creative writing at Vanderbilt University. Her poems have appeared in ''American Poetry Review'', ''Kenyon Review'', '' Antioch Review'', ''AGNI'', ''Prairie Schooner'', '' Bl ...

, Kai Carlson-Wee, Aidan Forster, an
Brian Tierney
*2018
Brian Tierney
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Daniel Borzutzky Daniel Borzutzky is a Chicago-based poet and translator. His collection ''The Performance of Becoming Human'' won the 2016 National Book Award. The son of Chilean immigrants, Borzutzky's work often addresses immigration, worker exploitation, pol ...

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Catherine Imbriglio Catherine Imbriglio is an American poet. Life Catherine was born and lives in Rhode Island. She graduated from Regis College, Boston College, Brown University, M.A. (creative writing), and Ph.D. 1995. She teaches at Brown University. Her wor ...

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*2019:

Sarah Henning Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pio ...

*2020: JinJin Xu *2021 Natalie Eilbert, Judge:

Shane McCrae Shane McCrae (born September 22, 1975, Portland, Oregon) is an American poet, and is currently Poetry Editor of '' Image''. McCrae was the recipient of a 2011 Whiting Award, and in 2012 his collection ''Mule'' was a finalist for the Kate Tufts D ...

*2022: Ina Cariño, Judge: Mai Der Vang *2023: Tom Thompson, Finalist: Katie Farris, Judge:

Atsuro Riley Atsuro Riley is an American writer. Riley is the author of the poetry collections ''Heard-Hoard'' (University of Chicago Press, 2021) and ''Romey's Order'' (University of Chicago Press, 2010). In 2023, Riley was named a Guggenheim Foundation Fe ...

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