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| U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Curates Poem-a-Day Series in Honor of National Poetry Month 2020 | The poet laureate of the United States, Joy Harjo, has selected twenty-two new poems by contemporary poets to be featured in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series as a special offering this April, which is… | Mar 25, 2020 |
| Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize Announcement Moved to April 2020 | We will be announcing the winners of the inaugural Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize on April 22, 2020, which is Earth Day. This date has been changed from March 19. All applicants will be notified of the results by April… | Mar 23, 2020 |
| Poem-a-Day to Feature New Work Inspired by #PoetryandProtest and the Centennial of the 19th Amendment | We are pleased to announce that on each Saturday in March, the Poem-a-Day series will feature a new poem that was commissioned for Project 19, the New York Philharmonic’s initiative to mark the centennial of the 19th Amend | Mar 5, 2020 |
| Poetry Coalition to Offer Programs on the Theme "I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing: Poetry & Protest" | This March, the more than 25 organizations nationwide that compose the Poetry Coalition will launch “I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing: Poetry & Protest”, the coalition’s fourth annual programming initiative. | Feb 6, 2020 |
| Love Poems for Valentine's Day | Poets.org invites you to share love poems this Valentine’s Day. Selections from our collection for the upcoming occasion include classic and contemporary poems by W. H. | Feb 4, 2020 |
| Academy Receives $4.5 Million Grant to Support Poets Laureate | The Academy of American Poets has received what is believed to be the largest grant ever made by a philanthropic institution to support poets in the United States—$4.5 million from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The… | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young Named Academy of American Poets Chancellors | Distinguished poets Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young have been elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors, a distinction shared by just 115 poets since the board was formed in 1946. As Chancellors, Laux and… | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Announcing the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest Winner | We are pleased to share that tenth grader Samantha Aikman from Mount Mansfield Union High School in Richmond, Vermont, has been named the winner of the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students. Aikman's artwork… | Jan 9, 2020 |
| Poetry Coalition to Address Poetry & Protest Throughout March 2020 | The Poetry Coalition will devote March 2020 to exploring the theme “I am deliberate/ and afraid/ of nothing: Poetry & Protest” in a series of programs in eleven cities that will reach an anticipated audience of more than… | Dec 9, 2019 |
| Announcing Twelve New Poem-a-Day Guest Editors for 2020 | We are pleased to announce twelve new Poem-a-Day guest editors who will each curate a month of poems in 2020. The guest editors, who include the current U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, are all award-winning poets who represent… | Dec 5, 2019 |