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| The Academy of American Poets Announces Winners of the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize | Today, April 22, recognized as Earth Day, the Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2021 winners of the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize, which honors exceptional poems that help make real for readers… | |
| Twenty Ten Twenty-Five: A Mellon Foundation Project | In honor of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the Academy of American Poets was pleased to assist with a special project by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation called “Twenty Ten Twenty-Five,” which features 10… | |
| Claudia Rankine Selects Kemi Alabi as the Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award | Award-winning poet Claudia Rankine has selected Kemi Alabi’s manuscript Against Heaven as the recipient of the 2021 Academy of American Poets First Book Award, the nation’s most valuable first-book… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Reports its Highest K–12 Education Program Participation Ever | With this week marking the start of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world, the Academy of American Poets is experiencing the highest engagement with its K–12 Education… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Announces Virtual Programs for the 25th Anniversary of National Poetry Month | Thursday, April 1, marks the beginning of the 25th anniversary of 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. This… | |
| The Academy of American Poets to Present the 2021 Leadership Award to Jonathan Galassi, President of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, at the 25th Anniversary Celebration of National Poetry Month | On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Month, the Academy of American Poets will present its Leadership Award to Jonathan Galassi, former Academy Board Chairman and current President of Farrar,… | |
| Poetry Organizations from Across the U.S. Join Together to Offer Programs on the Theme “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry & Environmental Justice” | This year, the more than 25 organizations nationwide that compose the Poetry Coalition will launch "It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry & Environmental Justice", the coalition’s fifth annual… | |
| Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs Beginning March 2021 | The Poetry Coalition, an alliance of more than 25 independent poetry organizations across the United States, will devote March 2021 to exploring the theme “It is burning./ It is dreaming./ It is waking up.: Poetry &… | |
| Poets.org Recommends 21 Love Poems for Valentine's Day | The Academy of American Poets, the producer of Poets.org—one of the world’s most popular online resources for poems with tens of millions of visits each year—invites you to share love poems this Valentine’s Day. Here are… | |
| The Academy of American Poets Invites Students from Across the U.S. to Participate in “Dear Poet” 2021 | The Academy of American Poets, the originator of National Poetry Month—now a worldwide celebration in its twenty-fifth year—invites students in grades five through twelve to participate in Dear Poet 2021, an annual… |