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| A Special List of Poems to Share at Thanksgiving | We have curated a special list of poems that are perfect to share at your Thanksgiving table, including “Perhaps the World Ends Here,” by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the first Native American poet to serve in this esteemed… | |
| Poetry Coalition to Gather in Florida to Mark Dramatic Growth in Readers and Historic Philanthropic Gifts | The Poetry Coalition is meeting in Miami from November 15 to 17 in part to help draw attention to two recent dramatic advances in American poetry: a report by the National Endowment for the Arts which demonstrated that… | |
| Academy of American Poets and the New York Philharmonic Partner to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with New Works by Award-Winning Women Poets | We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with the New York Philharmonic on Project 19, the Philharmonic’s initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the… | |
| The Poetry Fund is Accepting Applications for 2020 Grants | In alliance with the Amazon Literary Partnership (ALP), the Academy of American Poets invites poetry organizations and presses specializing in poetry to submit applications for Poetry Fund grants which will be awarded in 2 | |
| Join Us at the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival | Join us at the 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival, the largest free literary event in New York City, on Sunday, September 22 at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Participating poets include Hala Alyan, Jericho Brown, Tina… | |
| Poem-a-Day #1 Source of Selected Work for Best American Poetry 2019 | Congratulations to the following poets whose work was selected from Poem-a-Day by Major Jackson to be featured in the 2019 edition of the Best American Poetry anthology: Rosa Alcalá, Chen Chen, Natalie Diaz, | |
| Announcing the Recipients of the 2019 American Poets Prizes | We are excited to share the list of recipients of the 2019 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year, the Academy of American Poets has awarded … | |
| Poems In Translation Contest Winners | Congratulations to the winners of the first-ever Poems in Translation Contest launched by Words Without Borders and the Academy of American Poets. The four winning translated poems were selected by the editors of Words… | |
| Poet and Teacher Ansley Moon is New Curriculum Consultant of Award-Winning Teach This Poem Series | We are pleased to announce that poet and teacher Ansley Moon will be serving as the organization’s Curriculum Consultant for Teach This Poem, an award-winning series produced by the Academy of American Poets that… | |
| Announcing the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize | We are pleased to announce the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize, which will honor exceptional poems that help make real for readers the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment at present, in partnership with… |