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| Announcing the Thirteen Finalists of the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the thirteen finalists of the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students. 170 high school students from across the country responded to an open call for… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces New Poem-a-Day Guest Editors for 2022 | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce twelve new Poem-a-Day guest editors who will each curate a month of poems in 2022. The guest editors are all award-winning poets who represent wide-ranging editorial… | |
| Applications Now Accepted for the 2022 Poets Laureate Fellowships | Applications are now being accepted online for the 2022 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships. The $50,000 fellowships will honor Poets Laureate of states, cities, counties, U.S. territories, or Tribal nations… | |
| The Guggenheim Launches Open Call for Poet-in-Residence | The Guggenheim is collaborating with the Academy of American Poets to establish a year-long poet-in-residence position open to a contemporary poet with strong interest in public engagement beginning in January 2022. The… | |
| Poem-a-Day Top Source of Selected Work for the 2021 Edition of Best American Poetry | The Academy of American Poets is honored to announce that Poem-a-Day, the organization’s daily digital poetry series featuring previously unpublished work by today’s poets, is the number one source of selected work for the… | |
| Announcing Nikki Grimes and Rafael López as the Judges for the 2022 Student Poster Contest for National Poetry Month | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Rafael López, New York Times-bestselling illustrator and artist, and Nikki Grimes, New York Times-bestselling author and poet and recipient of the 2020… | |
| The Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, and National Book Foundation to Provide $4.3 Million in Second Round of Emergency Funding for Literary Organizations and Publishers | The three national nonprofit literary arts organizations that launched the Literary Arts Emergency Fund (LAEF) last year—the Academy of American Poets, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP), and… | |
| Presenting The Academy of American Poets Fall–Winter Season | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to present its Fall–Winter Season, which will be entirely virtual and run from October 2021 through February 2022. Programs include a conversation series with the Academy of… | |
| Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Poems in Translation Contest | The Academy of American Poets and Words Without Borders are pleased to announce the following winners of the 2021 Poems in Translation Contest, whose two winning translated poems were selected by the editors… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces the Winners of the 2021 American Poets Prizes | 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… |