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January 23, 2023

Announcing our New Chancellors

We are honored to announce that Kimiko Hahn, Ilya Kaminsky, Ed Roberson, and Patricia Smith have been elected to the fifteen-member Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. Welcome, poets!
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Read poems by Kimiko HahnIlya KaminskyEd Roberson, and Patricia Smith on Poets.org: 
 
Not Nothing” by Kimiko Hahn 
The Dream of Shoji” by Kimiko Hahn 
A Toast” by Ilya Kaminsky 
Such Is the Story Made of Stubbornness and a Little Air” by Ilya Kaminsky 
Here” by Ed Roberson 
Nolan,” by Ed Roberson 
What Daughters Come Down To” by Patricia Smith 
They Romp with Wooly Canines” by Patricia Smith 
Watch Tyree Daye read his poem “Leave Yourself All Over.” Daye is the author of Cardinal (Copper Canyon Press, 2020) and River Hymns (American Poetry Review, 2017), winner of the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Read and listen to Daye discuss the Poem-a-Day curatorial approach and more on Poets.org
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Academy of American Poets Capacity-Building Grant Program

We will be awarding capacity-building grants to fifty-three independent nonprofit literary organizations that present poetry or serve poets in their programming, in 2023 and 2024. The recipients will each receive two-year grants of $2,500–$25,000 per year, or $5,000–$50,000 total, to support capacity-building initiatives. 
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Poetry Coalition member Zoeglossia is accepting applications from poets who identify as disabled for its 2023 fellowship through February 15, 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to build community and pursue artistic excellence with a diverse cohort of writers. Learn more and apply here.

 #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

Check out our #PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week: The Adroit Journal Issue 44 Release Reading featuring Academy of American Poets Chancellor Kwame Dawes, March 2023 Poem-a-Day Guest Editor Diane SeussJoanna Klink, and others. Tuesday, January 24, at 8 p.m. EST. Register for this free, online event here

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Apply for the 2023 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships

The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowships are $50,000 awards given to honor poets of literary merit appointed to serve in civic positions and to enable them to undertake meaningful, impactful, and innovative projects that engage their fellow residents, including youth, with poetry, helping to address issues important to their communities, as well as create new work. We are accepting applications for the 2023 fellowships until February 17, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Find out more here.  

Apply for the 2023 Ambroggio Prize

The Ambroggio Prize is a $1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. The winning manuscript is published by University of Arizona Press. The 2023 Ambroggio Prize will be judged by Achy Obejas. Learn more and apply here by February 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET). 

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Apply for the 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award

The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a $1,000 award recognizing a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year. The 2023 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award will be judged by Anna Deeny Morales. Learn more and apply here by February 15, 2023 (11:59 p.m. ET). 

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Revisit last week’s Poem-a-Day selections with us on Poets.org:

January 8: “Winter Remembered” by John Crowe Ransom
January 9: “I’m Not Faking My Astonishment, Honest” by Paige Lewis
January 10: “Materials for a Gravestone Rubbing” by Matthew Wimberley
January 11: “Castnet Seafood” by Karisma Price
January 12: “Whipping” by K. D. Harryman
January 13:  “Who Can Govern Themselves Out of Governance?” by A. H. Jerriod Avant
January 14: “The Forest Road” by Charlotte Mew
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"our own names" by Destiny Hemphill

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

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"People to Run From" by Diana Marie Delgado

Monday, January 23, 2023

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"Dance" by Alfred Kreymborg

Sunday, January 22, 2023

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"Behind Stowe" by Elizabeth Bishop

Saturday, January 21, 2023

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"Remembering Our First Parties" by Erin Rose Coffin

Friday, January 20, 2023

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