Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards

In 2005, the creation of the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards was announced at the WCU Poetry Conference.David Yezzi. "[http://www.nysun.com/arts/summer-home-for-verse/15087/ A Summer Home for Verse]." The New York Sun. June 8, 2005. Kean W. Spencer provided the initial endowment of $250,000."[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10AB9360416FCDCC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Poetry is finding fans - even cash]." Philadelphia Inquirer. June 9, 2005 Though not a poet himself, Spencer did win the prestigious Hopwood Award for poetry from the University of Michigan as a young man. The following year, the original two awards—the Donald Justice Poetry Prize and the Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Poetry Award—were given for the first time.

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

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Given annually since 2006 to one poet for an unpublished book-length manuscript of poetry, the award includes $1500, publication, and a scholarship to the West Chester University Poetry Conference.{{cite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/SCH_CAS/POETRY/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/justiceprize.asp |title=West Chester University of Pennsylvania - |accessdate=2010-06-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617020058/http://www.wcupa.edu/_academics/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/justiceprize.asp |archivedate=2010-06-17 }} The prize is named after poet Donald Justice.

These awards are open to all undergraduates who are enrolled in either a college or university. In 2012, both prizes went national. (Previously, the competition was only open to students in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania.)

Given annually since 2006{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/SCH_CAS/POETRY/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/spencer_undergrad_award.asp |title=West Chester University of Pennsylvania - |access-date=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727151148/http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/spencer_undergrad_award.asp |archive-date=2010-07-27 |url-status=dead }} 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 $1500 and $500 respectively as well as an opportunity for publication for both.

The first place award was increased to $1500 from $1000 in 2012.

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The following are the winners of the Iris N. Spencer Undergraduate Award:{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/SCH_CAS/POETRY/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/prev_iris_n_spencer_winners.asp |title=West Chester University of Pennsylvania - |access-date=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720120600/http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/prev_iris_n_spencer_winners.asp |archive-date=2010-07-20 |url-status=dead }}

• 2006 {{--}} William Welsh
• 2007 {{--}} Luke Stromberg
• 2008 {{--}} Robert Whitehead
• 2009 {{--}} Molly O'Neill
• 2010 {{--}} Emily Yoon16th Annual Poetry Conference (Program). West Chester University of Pennsylvania. 2010
• 2011 {{--}} Jule Coppa
• 2012 {{--}} Miranda Stinson
• 2013 {{--}} Stephen Rodriguez
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• 2016 {{--}} Rachel Ann Girty
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• 2019 {{--}} Alecc C. Costanzi
• 2020 {{--}} Julián David Bañuelos
• 2021 {{--}} Alejandro Lucero
• 2022 {{--}} Elise Forslund
• 2023 {{--}} Emma Bailey
• 2024 {{--}}

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The runners-up were:

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• 2009 {{--}} Frances Wright
• 2010 {{--}} Julie PriceKatrina Dix. "[http://www.pottstownmercury.com/articles/2010/06/14/life/doc4c16272056713473934583.txt Natalie Merchant talks of fear, poetry in West Chester]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." The Mercury. June 14, 2010
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• 2012 {{--}} Erin Jones
• 2013 {{--}} Laura Grothaus
• 2014 {{--}}
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• 2018 {{--}}
• 2019 {{--}} Eliza Browning
• 2020 {{--}} Latif Askia Ba
• 2021 {{--}} Carmen Perez
• 2022 {{--}} Tesia Wieprecht
• 2023 {{--}} Victoria Dell’Elmo
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Given annually since 2007 for an original unpublished haiku, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award includes $1500 prize for one winner and a $500 prize for a runner-up and an opportunity for publication in a national literary journal for both.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/SCH_CAS/POETRY/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/haikuawards.asp |title=West Chester University of Pennsylvania - |access-date=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727154736/http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/haikuawards.asp |archive-date=2010-07-27 |url-status=dead }} 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.

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The following are the winners of the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award:{{Cite web |url=http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/SCH_CAS/POETRY/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/prev_haiku_winners.asp |title=West Chester University of Pennsylvania - |access-date=2010-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812085254/http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/poetry/Iris_N_Spencer_Poetry_Awards/prev_haiku_winners.asp |archive-date=2010-08-12 |url-status=dead }}

• 2007 {{--}} Luke Bauerlein
• 2008 {{--}} Giaco Furino
• 2009 {{--}} David J. Doyle
• 2010 {{--}} Stephen Krewson
• 2011 {{--}} Talia Lev
• 2012 {{--}} Billy Lockhart
• 2013 {{--}} Kasey Erin Phifer
• 2014 {{--}} Yoon Hyuk Park

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• 2012 {{--}} Kasey Erin Phifer
• 2013 {{--}} Therese O'Shaughnessy
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Category:American poetry awards