Academy of American Poets
WALLACE STEVENS AWARD
Marilyn Nelson of Cleveland won the 2022 Wallace Stevens Award. Nelson, whose most recent collection is Faster Than Light: New and Selected Poems, 1996-2011 (Louisiana State University Press, 2012), received $100,000. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual award is given to a poet to “recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry.” There is no application process.
ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP
Jericho Brown of Atlanta won the 2022 Academy of American Poets Fellowship. Brown, whose most recent collection is The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2019), received $25,000 and a residency at the T. S. Eliot House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The Academy’s board of chancellors judged. The annual fellowship is given to an American poet for distinguished poetic achievement. There is no application process.
LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
Mai Der Vang of Fresno, California, won the 2022 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for Yellow Rain (Graywolf Press). She received $25,000; a 10-day residency at Glen Hollow in Naples, New York; and distribution of her book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Sawako Nakayasu, Matthew Shenoda, and Danez Smith judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The next deadline is May 15.
JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
Annelyse Gelman of Portland, Oregon, won the 2022 James Laughlin Award for Vexations (University of Chicago Press). She received $5,000; a weeklong residency at the Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida; and distribution of her book to members of the Academy of American Poets. Aracelis Girmay and Solmaz Sharif judged. The annual award is given for a poet’s second collection, forthcoming in the next calendar year. The next deadline is May 15.
AMBROGGIO PRIZE
Elizabeth Torres of Copenhagen won the 2022 Ambroggio Prize for La Lotería: Sorteo Nocturno / The Lottery: Nocturnal Sweepstakes. She received $1,000 and publication by University of Arizona Press. Raina J. León judged. The annual award is given to honor an American poet whose first language is Spanish.
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HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
Adriana X. Jacobs of Oxford, England, and New York City won the 2022 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for her translation from the Hebrew of Vaan Nguyen’s poetry collection, The Truffle Eye (Zephyr Press). She received $1,000. David Shook judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year.
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Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. Nikay Paredes, Programs Director. awards@poets.org
poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes
Airlie Press
AIRLIE PRIZE
Jessica Yuan of Boston won the 2022 Airlie Prize for Slow Render. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Airlie Press in the fall. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
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Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 13325, Portland, OR 97213. airliepress@gmail.com
Arrowsmith Press
DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY
Saddiq Dzukogi of Minna, Nigeria, won the third annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry for his collection, Your Crib, My Qibla (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). He received $1,000. Carolyn Forché judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection published in the previous year that is written in, or translated into, English by an author who is not a citizen of the United States.
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Arrowsmith Press, Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry, 11 Chestnut Street, Medford, MA 02155. arrowsmithpress@gmail.com
Backwaters Press
BACKWATERS PRIZE IN POETRY
of Los Angeles won the 2022 Backwaters Prize in Poetry for . She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Backwaters Press of Billings, Montana, received the honorable mention for . She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Backwaters Press in spring 2024. Christine Stewart-Nuñez judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 1.
