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| Announcing the Judges for the 2023 Ambroggio Prize and 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award | We are pleased to announce that Achy Obejas will judge the 2023 Ambroggio Prize and t | Sep 7, 2022 |
| The Guggenheim Announces Open Call for 2023 Poet-in-Residence | The Guggenheim is collaborating with the Academy of American Poets to launch an open call for its second year-long Poet-in-Residence position for a contemporary poet with a strong interest in public engagement. The selected… | Sep 6, 2022 |
| The Academy of American Poets Awards $1.1 Million to 22 Poet Laureate Fellows Across the Country | The Academy of American Poets announced today that it is awarding a combined total of $1.1 million to its 2022 Poet Laureate Fellows. These 22 individuals, each of whom will receive $50,000, have been named poets laureate of… | Aug 2, 2022 |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces 2022 Poetry Fund Grant Recipients | In alliance with the Amazon Literary Partnership, the Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2022 recipients of the Poetry Fund grants, which are provided annually to poetry organizations and presses that are… | Jul 20, 2022 |
| Poet Eduardo C. Corral to Judge the 2023 Academy of American Poets First Book Award | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that poet Eduardo C. Corral will judge the 2023 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most generous first-book prize for poetry. The winner will receive… | Jun 14, 2022 |
| The Academy of American Poets Awarded Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts | The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $70,000 Grant for Arts Projects in the literature category from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In total, NEA Chair Maria Rosario… | May 18, 2022 |
| Poets.org Recommends 12 Poems for Mother’s Day | Sharing poems on Mother's Day is a special way to honor the mothers and mother figures we know. For the upcoming occasion, the Academy of American Poets and Poets.org recommend 12 popular poems from its collection to help… | May 5, 2022 |
| Announcing the 2022 Poetry Coalition Fellowship Hosts | The Poetry Coalition, a network of 25+ poetry organizations coordinated by the Academy of American Poets, is pleased to announce the 2022–2023 Poetry Coalition Fellowships, which are paid fellowship positions for five… | May 3, 2022 |
| The Academy of American Poets Reports 18+ Million Individuals Read Poems in 2021 | As the 26th annual National Poetry Month comes to a close, the Academy of American Poets reports that in the last year, 18,015,092 individuals worldwide read poems on its website, Poets.org. Poets.org also experienced a 10%… | Apr 27, 2022 |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Winners of the 2022 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize | Today, April 22, recognized as Earth Day, the Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2022 winners of the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize, which honors exceptional poems that help make real for readers the… | Apr 22, 2022 |