The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year the organization has awarded more funds to poets than any other organization globally, giving a total of $1,306,000 to poets at various stages of their careers:
- TOI DERRICOTTE has received the WALLACE STEVENS AWARD
- CAMILLE T. DUNGY has received the ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP
- HONORÉE FANONNE JEFFERS’ The Age of Phillis (Wesleyan University Press, 2020) has received the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
- JAMES CAGNEY’s book Martian (Nomadic Press, 2022) has won the JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
- CARLOS AGUASACO’s Cardenal en mi ventana con una máscara en el pico / Cardinal in My Window with a Mask on its Beak, translated by JENNIFER RATHBUN, has won the AMBROGGIO PRIZE
- MARIA DAHVANA HEADLEY’s Beowulf: A New Translation (FSG Originals, 2020) has won the HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
- PAULA BOHINCE’s translation of the work of Italian poet Corrado Govoni has won the RAIZISS/DE PALCHI TRANSLATION AWARD
- EDWIN WILLIAMSON has won the ALIKI PERROTI AND SETH FRANK MOST PROMISING YOUNG POET AWARD
- KEMI ALABI has received the FIRST BOOK AWARD