Association of Writers and Writing Programs
The AWP supports writers and writing programs at colleges and universities.
Watch and Learn
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowSearch the term poets to narrow your search for films including poets, history of poetry etc. Films on Demand is a streaming video collection containing thousands of educational films and documentaries for all academic disciplines.
Films on Demand : The Last Poets: Made in Amerikkka
- The Last Poets: Made in AmerikkkaLast Poets discuss how the Last Poets raised black consciousness and inspired black pride. They recall their contemporaries in Harlem and the exciting moment in history they helped ignite.
Poets & Writers Magazine
Poets & Writers, Inc., is the primary source of information, support, and guidance for creative writers. Founded in 1970, it is the nation's largest nonprofit literary organization serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Our national office is located in New York City. Our California branch office is based in Los Angeles.--From their "About Us"
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Literary Awards for Poetry
Prizes awarded specifically for poetry:
- Griffin Poetry Prize
- Years Covered: 2001 to present.
- A Canadian prize, though awarded also to international poets: the award is given annually to one Canadian poet and one international author of a work in English. Translators of poetry are also eligible.
- Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
- Years Covered: 1989 to present.
- Awarded by the Poetry Foundation annually to U.S. poets.
- Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition
- The Yale Series of Younger Poets champions the most promising new American poets. Awarded since 1919, the Yale Younger Poets prize is the oldest annual literary award in the United States. Past winners include Muriel Rukeyser, Adrienne Rich, William Meredith, W.S. Merwin, John Ashbery, John Hollander, James Tate, and Carolyn Forché. Louise Glück was the judge of the Series from 2003-2010, and Carl Phillips is the current judge.
- Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards
- Years Covered: 1993 to present.
- A pair of annual awards: the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award goes to a poet at mid-career, while the Kate Tufts Discovery Award is awarded for a poet's first book.
- T.S. Eliot Prize
- Years Covered: 1997 to present.
- Based out of Truman State University, the T.S. Eliot Prize is awarded annually to new manuscripts of poetry. The website includes guidelines for submitting manuscripts.
Online Resources
- Academy of American Poets (Poets.org)Poets.org is maintained by the Academy of American Poets, an organization that supports writers and fosters poetry appreciation.
- BlackbirdBlackbird, out of Virginia Commonwealth University, publishes poems, fiction, plays, interviews, reviews from new and established writers. They also have a good bit of audio and video to explore.
- Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and PoetryHas been active in the discovery and publication of new writers for more than 50 years. Nimrod has also encouraged and rewarded new writers for more than 30 years through The Nimrod Literary Awards. Nimrod publishes twice a year.
- The Writer's ChronicleThe mission of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs is to foster literary achievement, to advance the art of writing as essential to a good education, and to serve the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing.
- 32 Poems32 Poems is an independent print magazine, putting out 2 issues a year, 32 poems each issue.
