Poem-a-Day - "poetry, like bread, is for everyone"

#PoetryNearYou Pick of the Week

A celebration of African Poetry Book Fund’s latest collection, Tisa: New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set, including readings from featured poets and a moderated conversation with Academy of American Poets Chancellor Kwame Dawes. Thursday, October 12, at 6:30 p.m. ET at the Africa Center (1280 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10029) and via Zoom. Register for free here. 

Ambroggio Prize and Landon Translation Award

We are accepting submissions for the 2024 Ambroggio Prize, a $1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation, and the 2024 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, which is a $1,000 award that recognizes the work of a translator for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in 2023. Submissions will be accepted through February 15, 2024. 

Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

Established in 2019 with generous support from Treehouse Investments, the Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize is given to honor exceptional poems that help readers recognize the gravity of the vulnerable state of our environment. The prize will honor three poets. First place will receive $1,000; second place, $750; and third place, $500. Submissions are accepted from September 15, 2023, through November 15, 2023. The judges are poet Elizabeth Bradfield and climate scientist Kate Marvel, PhD.