Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards

[3] Though not a poet himself, Spencer did win the prestigious Hopwood Award for poetry from the University of Michigan as a young man.

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

(Previously, the competition was only open to students in the Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania.)

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 $1500 and $500 respectively as well as an opportunity for publication for both.

Given annually since 2007 for an original unpublished haiku, the Myong Cha Son Haiku Award includes $1500 prize for one winner and a $500 prize for a runner-up and an opportunity for publication in a national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.