New York, NY (July 16, 2025)—In alliance with Amazon Literary Partnership, the Academy of American Poets announces the 2025 recipients of the Poetry Fund grants, which are provided annually to poetry organizations and presses that are selected from among a pool of applicants. Amazon Literary Partnership originally launched the Poetry Fund with the Academy in 2019 to further its role as a supporter of poetry organizations nationwide and to build the readership of poetry.
The Academy, in cooperation with Amazon Literary Partnership, convened a grantmaking panel that included Glenis Redmond, Bernard Schwartz, and Jessica Strand. Final award decisions were made by Amazon Literary Partnership and the Academy of American Poets.
The 2025 Poetry Fund grant recipients are:
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Beyond Baroque
BOA Editions
Cave Canem Foundation
Indigenous Nations Poets, In-Na-Po
Kundiman
Massachusetts Poetry Outreach
O, Miami
Poetry Northwest
Poetry Society of America
Poets House
Pongo Poetry Project
South Arts
The Watering Hole Poetry Organization
Undocupoets
Urban Word NYC
Woodland Pattern
Youth Speaks
“For more than fifteen years, the mission of the Amazon Literary Partnership has been to support organizations that are vital to sustaining the literary culture of communities and to connect writers with their readers,” said Al Woodworth, manager of the Amazon Literary Partnership. “Once again, we’re thrilled to work with the Academy of American Poets on the Poetry Fund to help fund a vibrant and exciting field. We thank the Academy of American Poets and this year’s grant recipients for supporting such incredible work and sharing poets’ words with readers everywhere.”
“We’re grateful to Amazon Literary Partnership for their commitment to championing the vital work of poetry organizations and presses,” said Ricardo Maldonado, President and Executive Director of the Academy of American Poets. “This fund is an investment in the limitless possibility of poetry to spark new voices and urgent conversations—voices that reflect the full, complex spectrum of who we are, and conversations that challenge and connect us, affirming what we have long known: that poetry is not just alive, but essential, thriving as a space for innovation and collective belonging.”
Guided by the mission of having a lasting impact on the literary community, Amazon Literary Partnership has provided more than $18 million in grant funding to local, regional, and national organizations across the United States, helping many thousands of writers tell their stories and find their readers. Grant recipients include literary centers, writing workshops, residencies, fellowships, literary magazines, independent publishers, poetry organizations, and translation programs. Writers supported by some of these organizations have gone on to become bestselling and award-winning authors and poets.
To learn more about Amazon Literary Partnership, visit: www.amazonliterarypartnership.com.
About the Academy of American Poets
The Academy of American Poets is the United States’ leading champion of poets and poetry. The organization annually awards more than $1.3 million to poets across the nation. It also operates Poets.org, the world’s largest publicly funded poetry website, and organizes National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world. Additionally, the Academy publishes Poem-a-Day and American Poets magazine, provides free educational resources for K–12 educators and adult learners, and leads the Poetry Coalition, a network of organizations dedicated to promoting the vital role of poetry in our culture.