Poems for Veterans Day, Gather in Poems, and more

Join us Thursday, November 18, at 7 p.m. EST for Gather in Poems, a special reading and offering of community from the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. Poets will share their own work, as well as works by other poets that inspire them, on the theme of coming together.

The application portal for the second round of the Literary Arts Emergency Fund, administered by the Academy of American Poets, the Community of Literary Magazines & Presses, and the National Book Foundation, is now open to nonprofit literary organizations and publishers experiencing continued financial losses due to COVID-19. Applications will be accepted online until January 5, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Learn more and apply here.

If you missed our live broadcast of Poetry & Labor, a virtual conversation with Academy Chancellors Kwame Dawes, Brenda Hillman, Marie Howe, Dorianne Laux, and Natasha Trethewey, on the poet’s labor and how poetry envisions itself as a piece of work, it’s not too late to watch via Crowdcast. 

The Academy of American Poets invites students living in the United States, U.S. Territories, or Tribal Nations who are in grades 9 through 12 to enter artwork to be considered for the National Poetry Month poster in 2022. The winner will be selected by co-judges Rafael López, New York Times-bestselling illustrator and artist, and Nikki Grimes, New York Times-bestselling author and poet. The winning student’s artwork will be featured on the official National Poetry Month poster in 2022, which will be distributed to classrooms, libraries, bookstores, community centers, families, and individuals nationwide in time for the April celebration. The deadline to submit is November 15, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. EST.