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| Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young Named Academy of American Poets Chancellors | Distinguished poets Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young have been elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors, a distinction shared by just 115 poets since the board was formed in 1946.… | |
| Announcing the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest Winner | We are pleased to share that tenth grader Samantha Aikman from Mount Mansfield Union High School in Richmond, Vermont, has been named the winner of the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students. Aikman's… | |
| Poetry Coalition to Address Poetry & Protest Throughout March 2020 | The Poetry Coalition will devote March 2020 to exploring the theme “I am deliberate/ and afraid/ of nothing: Poetry & Protest” in a series of programs in eleven cities that will reach an anticipated audience of more than… | |
| Announcing Twelve New Poem-a-Day Guest Editors for 2020 | We are pleased to announce twelve new Poem-a-Day guest editors who will each curate a month of poems in 2020. The guest editors, who include the current U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo, are all award-winning poets who represent… | |
| Announcing the Finalists of the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students | Congratulations to the ten finalists of the 2020 National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students. The winning student, to be determined by Academy Chancellor Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera and renowned cartoonist Alison… | |
| 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… |