The Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Prize
formerly the Edwin M. Eakin Memorial Book Publication Award
formerly the Pat Stodghill Book Publication Award
In 2001 and 2002, Eakin Publications, Inc. of Austin, Texas, offered a Book Publication Award to honor Pat Stodghill, a past President of the Poetry Society of Texas and of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. In 2003, Pat requested that the contest be renamed as a memorial to Edwin M. Eakin. The contest is open only to Active dues-paid and Life Members of the Society. The poets and their winning manuscripts follow:
| 2023 Robert Schinzel | When Stone Speaks | |
| 2022 Courtney O’Banion Smith | In Fidelity | |
| 2021 Christine Irving | Predator/Prey | |
| 2020 Michael Minassian | A Matter of Timing | |
| 2019 J. Todd Hawkins | This Geography of Thorns | |
| 2018 Terry Jude Miller | The Drawn Cat’s Dream | |
| 2017 Charlotte Renk | This Great Turtle Heart (the Tao of Turtlism) | |
| 2016 Diane Glancy | The Keyboard Letters | |
| 2015 Susan Maxwell Campbell | Anything You Ever Wanted to Know | |
| 2014 Lisa Toth Salinas | Smallest Leaf | |
| 2012 Lynn Lewis. | Somewhere To Come From, Just This Side of Paradise | |
| 2011 Michael Baldwin | Scapes | |
| 2010 Alan Birkelbach | The Thread | |
| 2009 Beverly Monestier | What the House is Made Of | |
| 2008 Charlotte Renk | These Holy Hungers | |
| 2007 Mo H. Saidi | Art in the City | |
| 2006 Robert Wynne | Remembering How to Sleep | |
| 2005 Budd Powell Mahan | Falling to Earth | |
| 2004 J. Paul Holcomb | Looking for Love in the Telecom Corridor | |
| 2003 Anne McCrady. | Along Greathouse Road | |
| 2002 Wendy Dimmette | Learning To Stand Still | |
| 2001 Alan Birkelbach | No Boundaries |
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The Lucidity Chapbook Award
In 1995 and 1997, Ted Badger’s Bear House Publishing sponsored the Lucidity Chapbook Award and announced the winners at the PST Summer Conference. In 1995, Bear House published the first-place-winning manuscript by Roberta Pipes Bowman. In 1997, Bear House published the first-place-winning manuscript by Jay Harding and the second-place-winning manuscript by J. Paul Holcomb. The poets and their winning books follow:
| 1995 Roberta Pipes Bowman | Welcome to Today |
| 1997 Jay Harding | Teardrops on the Counter |
| 1997 J. Paul Holcomb | Love, or Something Like It |
The William E. Bard Memorial Book Publication Award
From 1991 through 1993, the Society sponsored The William E. Bard Memorial Book Publication Award offered by Sunbelt Media, Inc., Austin, Texas. The poets and their winning books follow:
| 1991 Pat Stodghill | Kaleidoscope Pieces |
| 1991 Joy Kennedy | Jellybean Dreams |
| 1992 E’Lane Carlisle Murray | Lace of Tough Mesquite |
| 1993 Georgia Earnest Klipple | G. T. T. (Gone to Texas) |
The Nortex Press Book Publication Award
From 1974 through 1985, the Society sponsored The Nortex Press Book Publication Award offered by Sunbelt Media, Inc., Austin, Texas. The poets and their winning books follow:
| 1974 Pat Stodghil | Mirrored Images |
| 1975 Julia Hurd Strong | A Flock of Blackbirds |
| 1976 John Igo, Jr | Alien |
| 1977 Marcella Siegel | Swift Season |
| 1978 Ida Fasel | On the Meanings of Cleave |
| 1979 Gene Shuford | 1300 Main Street and Other Poems |
| 1980 Violette Newton | The Scandal |
| 1981 Evelyn Corry Appelbee | Let Rocks Their Silence Break |
| 1982 Jack E. Murphy | The West Side of the Mountain |
| 1983 Daisy Elmore Tennant | Now the Trumpet |
| 1984 Maria Landowska | Threads |
| 1985 William D. Barney | Long Gone to Texas |
PST Book Publication Award
From 1925 through 1933, the Society offered a book publication award. The poets and their winning books follow:
| 1925 Grace Noll Crowell | White Fire |
| 1926 Margaret Bell Houston | The Singing Heart |
| 1927 Stanley E. Babb | The Death of a Buccaneer |
| 1928 Glen Ward Dresbach | Star-Dust and Stone |
| 1929 Jan Isabelle Fortune | Black Poppies |
| 1930 Hazel Harper Harris | Wings of the Morning |
| 1931 Patrick D. Moreland | Arrow Unspent |
| 1932 Lexie Dean Robertson | I Keep a Rainbow |
| 1933 William E. Bard | A Little Flame Blown |
NFSPS Stevens Poetry Manuscript Award
The National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc. sponsors the Stevens Poetry Manuscript competition. Thus far, two Texans have won this prestigious award:
| 1998 Alan Birkelbach | Weighed in the Balances |
| 2006 Budd Powell Mahan | Harvest |