Poems entered as part of a Winner manuscript may be entered individually in other PSA contests, but not if they are previously published. Entry forms are required. No book may be submitted to both contests. Winning books are distributed to PSA members at the Patron level or above. Original works by a single author who is a permanent resident of the United States will be considered.
Translations are ineligible, as are chapbooks.
Winning books are distributed to PSA Lyric Circle Members. Frost Medal Awarded annually at the discretion of the PSA's Board of Governors, for distinguished lifetime service to American poetry. Since 1995, the recipient of the Frost Medal has delivered The Frost Medal Lecture, a retrospective reading and talk that is the highlight of the Annual Awards Ceremony. Robert Frost, Edgar Lee Masters, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore, and Wallace Stevens have all been honored by the Poetry Society of America with this Award. The Frost Medal has recently been awarded to A.R. Ammons, John Ashbery, Gwendolyn Brooks, Barbara Guest, Donald Hall, Anthony Hecht, Josephine Jacobsen, Stanley Kunitz, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, William Stafford, and Richard Wilbur.