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| Claudia Rankine Selects Kemi Alabi as the Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award | Award-winning poet Claudia Rankine has selected Kemi Alabi’s manuscript Against Heaven as the recipient of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most valuable first-book… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Reports its Highest K–12 Education Program Participation Ever | With this week marking the start of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, the Academy of American Poets is experiencing the highest engagement with its K–12 Education… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Virtual Programs for the 25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month | Thursday, April 1, marks the beginning of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, an occasion launched by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate the integral role that poets and poetry have in our culture. This… | |
| The Academy of American Poets to Present the 2021 Leadership Award to Jonathan Galassi, President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of National Poetry Month | On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the Academy of American Poets will present its Leadership Award to Jonathan Galassi, former Academy Board Chairman and current President of Farrar,… | |
| Poetry Organizations from Across the U.S. Join Together to Offer Programs on the Theme “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry & Environmental Justice” | This year, the more than 25 organizations nationwide that compose the Poetry Coalition will launch "It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry & Environmental Justice", the coalition’s fifth annual… | |
| Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs Beginning March 2021 | The Poetry Coalition, an alliance of more than 25 independent poetry organizations across the United States, will devote March 2021 to exploring the theme “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry &… | |
| Poets.org Recommends 21 Love Poems for Valentine's Day | The Academy of American Poets, the producer of Poets.org—one of the world’s most popular online resources for poems with tens of millions of visits each year—invites you to share love poems this Valentine’s Day. Here are… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Invites Students from Across the U.S. to Participate in “Dear Poet” 2021 | The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration in its twenty-fifth year—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2021, an annual… | |
| After Inauguration Poets.org Sees Historic Spike in Traffic | Immediately following the stirring recitation by the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, at President Biden's Inauguration on January 20, traffic to Poets.org spiked dramatically, with 250% more… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Student Winner of Poster Design Contest For National Poetry Month 2021 | The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month, now a worldwide celebration in its twenty-fifth year, is pleased to announce that twelfth grader Bao Lu from Edward R. Murrow High School in… |