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| Academy of American Poets Names Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Cornelius Eady as New Chancellors | The Academy of American Poets announces the election of Gabrielle Calvocoressi and Cornelius Eady as Chancellors of the Academy. | |
| Academy of American Poets Names Robert Casper, a National Leader in Poetry and Literary Collaboration, President and Executive Director | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Robert Casper has been appointed President and Executive Director, effective January 26, 2026. | |
| Announcing the 2026 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems | New York, NY (December 15, 2025)—Reading a poem daily is a small act with a profound impact. | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces 2025 Winners of the Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Academy Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement | The Academy of American Poets Announces 2025 Winners of the Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Academy Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces the 2025 Winners of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the James Laughlin Award | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and the James Laughlin Award. | |
| The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million Total to 23 Poet Laureate Fellows Across the United States | New York, NY (July 31, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading financial supporter of poets in the United States, announced today that it will award $50,000 fellowships to twenty-three poets laureate | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces the 2025 Winners of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award and the Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize | New York, NY (July 24, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading champion of poets and poetry, is pleased to announce the 2025 winners of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award and the Raiziss/de P | |
| Academy of American Poets Announces 2025 Poetry Fund Grant Recipients | 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 organi | |
| The Academy of American Poets Opens Search for President and Executive Director and Congratulates Ricardo Maldonado on His Visionary Leadership | New York, NY (July 2, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets announced that Ricardo Maldonado, President and Executive Director, will step down at the end of his second year in office. | |
| Brenda Hillman to Judge 2026 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the Nation’s Most Generous First-Book Prize for Poetry | New York, NY (June 17, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading champion of poets and poetry in the United States, announces former Academy Chancellor and celebrated poet Brenda Hillman as the judge o |