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| Richard Blanco to Judge Inaugural Poem Contest for Students | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that award-winning poet Richard Blanco will judge its recently launched 2021 Inaugural Poem Contest for Students. In 2013, Blanco was commissioned by… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Inaugural Poem Project and Contest | The Academy of American Poets, the nation’s leading champion of poets and poetry, is pleased to announce the Inaugural Poem Project and Contest for Students. Only five poets in American history have been… | |
| Poetry Fund Now Accepting Applications for Grants | In alliance with the Amazon Literary Partnership, the Academy of American Poets invites poetry organizations and presses to submit applications for grants from the Poetry Fund, which will be awarded in 2021. grant-making… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Recipients of the 2020 American Poets Prizes | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States: NIKKY FINNEY has received the … | |
| The Academy of American Poets Presents its Fall–Winter Season | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to present its Fall–Winter Season, which will be entirely virtual and run from September 2020 through February 2021. Programs include a reading and panel discussions by the … | |
| Claudia Rankine to Judge Academy of American Poets First Book Award | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Claudia Rankine, author of the award-winning collection Citizen, will judge the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most generous… | |
| The Poetry Coalition Presents its Inaugural Fellows | The Poetry Coalition, a network of 25+ poetry organizations, is pleased to present its inaugural cohort of the Poetry Coalition Fellowship program. These five individuals have been selected to receive paid… | |
| 2020 University & College Poetry Prize Winners | We're thrilled to announce the winners of the 2020 University & College Poetry Prizes. | |
| The Academy of American Poets is Now Accepting Submissions for the 2021 Ambroggio Prize, Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, and Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship | We are accepting submissions for the Ambroggio Prize, Harold Morton Landon Transl | |
| The Literary Arts Emergency Fund Awards More Than $3.5 Million to Literary Organizations and Publishers | The Literary Arts Emergency Fund, launched and administered by the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazine & Presses (CLMP), and the National Book Foundation, will be… |