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| Academy of American Poets Receives Gift from the Louise Bogan Charitable Trust to Establish New Award Honoring Poet-Critics | Academy of American Poets announces a legacy gift from the Louise Bogan Charitable Trust to establish an endowed award that recognizes and supports outstanding poet-critics and their contributions to American poetry. | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces the Winners of the 2026 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize | The Academy of American Poets Announces the Winners of the 2026 Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize. Winning poems by Malia Maxwell, W.J. Herbert, Ronald Carson, and Deahna Fumarol to appear in Poem-a-Day. | |
| Poetry & the Creative Mind 2026 Lineup Expanded by the Academy of American Poets for Thirtieth Anniversary of National Poetry Month | Newly announced readers include acclaimed soprano Julia Bullock, writer and book critic Dwight Garner, jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning composer Christian McBride, and singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers… | |
| Gabriel Antonio Reed Wins the Academy of American Poets’ 2026 First Book Award | Gabriel Antonio Reed Wins the Academy of American Poets’ 2026 First Book Award. Selected by Brenda Hillman, "Reach" will be published by Graywolf Press. | |
| Poetry & the Creative Mind 2026 Lineup Announced for Thirtieth Anniversary of National Poetry Month | Poetry & the Creative Mind 2026 Lineup Announced for Thirtieth Anniversary of National Poetry Month. The virtual benefit reading will take place on April 28, 2026, featuring a star-studded lineup of celebrities and… | |
| National Poetry Month Turns 30: Join the Celebration This April | National Poetry Month Turns 30: Join the Celebration This April. This year’s celebration includes a range of free, public-facing programs—from Poem-a-Day and Dear Poet to Poetry & the Creative Mind—as well as a national… | |
| Academy of American Poets Awards 2026 Ambroggio Prize to Amanda Hernández | Academy of American Poets Awards 2026 Ambroggio Prize to Amanda Hernández. Hernández’s poetry collection is translated by Ana Portnoy Brimmer and will be published by University of Arizona Press. | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Dear Poet 2026, Inviting Students Across the United States to Write to Award-Winning Poets | Dear Poet is a free National Poetry Month program invites students in grades five through twelve to respond to poems by Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Eileen Myles, Ed Roberson, Eleanor Wilner, and Wendy Xu, with responses… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Marks Thirty Years of National Poetry Month with 2026 Poster Featuring Arthur Sze | Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of National Poetry Month, the 2026 poster features Arthur Sze, Chancellor Emeritus of the Academy of American Poets and the twenty-fifth United States Poet Laureate, 2025–26. | |
| Announcing the 2025 Recipient of the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award and the University & College Poetry Prizes | The Academy of American Poets Announces 2025 Recipient of the Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award and the University & College Poetry Prizes |