Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards

Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards

The Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards are three awards administered by the West Chester University Poetry Center and are given annually during the West Chester University Poetry Conference "to recognize the important role of arts and letters in American life."[1] The Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards were named by Kean W. Spencer, who provided the initial endowment, after his mother.

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History

In 2005, the creation of the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards was announced at the WCU Poetry Conference.[2] Kean W. Spencer provided the initial endowment of $250,000.[3] Though not a poet himself, Spencer did win the prestigious Hopwood Award for poetry from the University of Michigan as a young man.[2] The following year, the original two awards—the Donald Justice Poetry Prize and the Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award—were given away the following year for the first time.

Later on, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award was added and presented for the first time in 2007.

Donald Justice Poetry Prize

Books that have won the Donald Justice Poetry Prize display this logo on the cover

Given annually since 2006 to one poet for an unpublished book-length manuscript of poetry, the award includes $1000 and an opportunity for publication.[4] The prize is named after former poet Donald Justice.

Undergraduate awards

These awards are open to all undergraduates who are enrolled in a either college or university in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania:

Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award

Given annually since 2006[5] for an original poem composed in the traditional modes of meter, rhyme and form to one winner and one runner up, the Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award includes $1000 and $500 respectively as well as an opportunity for publication for both.

The following are the winners of the Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award:[6]

  • 2006 — William Welsh
  • 2007 — Luke Stromberg
  • 2008 — Robert Whitehead
  • 2009 — Molly O'Neill
  • 2010 — Emily Toon[7]

The runner ups were:

  • 2006 —
  • 2007 —
  • 2008 —
  • 2009 —
  • 2010 — Julie Price[8]

Myong Cha Son Haiku Award

Given annually since 2007 for an original unpublished haiku to one winner, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award includes $300 prize and an opportunity for publication in a national literary journal.[9] This award was created by Kyle R. Spencer (in contrast to the two older Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards by Kean W. Spencer), and is named after his mother-in-law.

The following are the winners of the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award:[10]

  • 2007 — Luke Bauerlein
  • 2008 — Giaco Furino
  • 2009 — David J. Doyle
  • 2010 — Stephen Krewson

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