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| The Academy of American Poets Invites Students to Participate Virtually in “Dear Poet” 2022, the Organization’s Signature National Poetry Month Program, This April | The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2022, an annual multimedia education… | |
| Poetry Coalition to Address Disability Justice in a Series of Nationwide Programs in 2022 | The Poetry Coalition, an alliance of more than 25 independent poetry organizations across the United States, will devote 2022 to exploring the theme “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice” in a… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Winner of the 2022 National Poetry Month Poster Contest | The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month, now a worldwide celebration, is happy to announce that eleventh grader Lara Lazar from Saunders Trades and Technical Highschool in Yonkers, New… | |
| Guggenheim Announces First-Ever Poet-In-Residence Initiative in Collaboration with the Academy of American Poets | Poet Taylor Johnson selected for inaugural role for 2022. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets, announced today that Taylor Johnson has been selected as the… | |
| Tess O’Dwyer Named New Chair of the Board at The Academy of American Poets | The Academy of American Poets, the largest funder of poets and poetry programs in the U.S., is pleased to announce that Tess O’Dwyer has been named the new Chair of the Board of Directors. O’Dwyer, a nonprofit management… | |
| Announcing the Judges for the 2022 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and 2022 James Laughlin Award | We are pleased to announce that Sawako Nakayasu, Matthew Shenoda, and | |
| 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… |