The Academy of American Poets Prize

CAMPUS COMMUNITY ONLY | The 2023 Academy of American Poets Prize Submission Deadline: Thursday, April 27, 2023

Submission for the annual Academy of American Poets Prize is open to all undergraduate students. The selected Bennington poet will receive an honorarium of $100 and official recognition from The Academy of American Poets. Submit three of your poems (one per page) as a single Word doc attachment (no pdfs) with Academy of American Poets Prize Submission in the subject line to Michael Dumanis at mdumanis@bennington.edu by Thursday, April 27, 2023. Please include your name on each poem.

Meet the Judge: Shane McCrae is the author of eight books of poetry and the forthcoming memoir Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping. He is a former finalist for the National Book Award and a professor of creative writing at Columbia University.

Questions? Contact Michael Dumanis.