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| 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… | |
| 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… | |
| The Literary Arts Emergency Fund Awards $4.3 Million to Literary Arts Field as it Faces Continued Financial Losses | 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 in 2020, will distribute $4,300,000 in… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Programs for National Poetry Month 2022 | Friday, April 1 marks the beginning of the 26th annual National Poetry Month, an occasion launched by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate the integral role that poets and poetry have in our culture. Over the past two… | |
| Tyehimba Jess Selects Kweku Abimbola as the Winner of 2022 Academy of American Poets First Book Award | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tyehimba Jess has selected Kweku Abimbola’s manuscript Saltwater Demands a Psalm as the recipient of the 2022 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most… | |
| Announcing the 20th Annual Poem in Your Pocket Day | The Academy of American Poets, in partnership with the New York City Departments of Cultural Affairs and Education, invites you to participate in the twentieth annual Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 29, 2022 to culminate… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Leadership Award to be Presented to Three-Term U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo During National Poetry Month | The Academy of American Poets is honored to present its 2022 Leadership Award in poetry to Joy Harjo, three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, during the organization’s signature National Poetry Month… | |
| Naomi Shihab Nye Selects 21 Poems for Poem-a-Day Series in Honor of National Poetry Month This April | Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye has selected twenty-one 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… | |
| Poetry Coalition Launches “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice” | This year, the 25+ organizations nationwide that comprise the Poetry Coalition will launch “The future lives in our bodies: Poetry & Disability Justice,” the coalition’s sixth annual programming initiative. For… | |
| Poetry Fund Now Accepting Applications for 2022 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 2022. The Amazon… |