George Bogin Memorial Award



The Poetry Society of America'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."

Each winner receives a $500 prize.

Winners

 * 2011: Suji Kwock Kim, Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil
 * 2010: Sawnie Morris, Judge: Hettie Jones
 * 2009: Rusty Morrison, Judge: John Yau
 * 2008: Theresa Sotto, Judge: Prageeta Sharma
 * 2007: Wayne Miller, Judge: Eleni Sikelianos
 * 2006: Kevin Prufer, Judge: Marie Howe
 * 2005: G.C. Waldrep
 * 2004: Kevin Prufer, Judge: Tory Dent
 * 2003: Susan Terris, Judge: Sonia Sanchez
 * 2002: Kevin Prufer, Judge: Jill Bialosky
 * 2001: Brian Henry