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| Join Readers and Poets Worldwide as the Academy of American Poets Celebrates National Poetry Month | Events include a star-studded virtual benefit with Stephen King, Fran Lebowitz, Tony Kushner, Morgan Spector, and other celebrity readers; a month of daily poems; an online literary seminar; a | |
| Academy of American Poets Announces Celebrity Lineup For Its Poetry & the Creative Mind Benefit | A star-studded evening of readings during National Poetry Month supporting efforts to bring poetry into classrooms nationwide | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces the 2025 Recipients of the Ambroggio Prize | New York, NY (March 11, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets announces that Toda la tierra es un jardín de monstruos / The Whole Earth Is a Garden of Monsters, wri | |
| The Academy of American Poets Welcomes Ellen Adler and Gabriella Page-Fort to its Board of Directors | New York, NY (March 4, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets announces the elections of publisher Ellen Adler and editor Gabriella Page-Fort | |
| The Academy of American Poets Presents Dear Poet 2025 and the 2025 National Poetry Month Poster, Bringing Poetry to Life with Free Educational Resources | New York, NY (February 11, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets, the founder of National Poetry Month and the publisher of Teach This Poem, a series of free poetry lesson plans serving 40,000 teachers nation | |
| Announcing Ada Limón and Eleanor Wilner as New Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets | New York, NY (January 9, 2025)—The Academy of American Poets, a leading supporter of poets and poetry for over ninety years, announces the election of Ada Limón and Eleanor Wilner | |
| Announcing the 2025 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems | New York, NY (December 19, 2024)—Reading a poem daily is a small act with profound impact. | |
| Announcing the Judges of the 2025 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize and 2025 James Laughlin Award | Hayan Charara, Suzanne Gardinier, and | |
| The Academy of American Poets Welcomes Applications for 2025 Poet Laureate Fellowships to Bolster Local and State Laureates Across the U.S. | New York, NY (December 9, 2024)—The role of a civic poet has taken on greater importance as more readers seek out poetry to understand the world in which they live, while a rise in book | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces 2024 Winners of the Wallace Stevens Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Academy Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement | New York, NY (October 18, 2024)—NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |