American Academy of Poets Prize

The American Academy of Poets is a national non-profit organization devoted to stimulating interest in American Poetry through fellowships and public programs. The Poetry Prize Contest is held at 177 undergraduate institutions annually. The results are also reported to the Academy and all the winners will be listed in the summer issue of the Academy's journal, American Poet.

Winners

2009

Lewis George Feuer, "I'll Start this Way" (Prize Winner)

Ben Bateman, "Putting the THE Back in Theopolis" (Honorable Mention)

Isobel Crittenden, "A Short History of Enlightenment" (Honorable Mention)

Michale Rae, "All Things You Can't Touch" (Honorable Mention)

2008    

Stephanie Elliott, "What the Tatto Artist Said" (Prize Winner)

Corey van Landingham, "Sturgeon" (Honorable Mention)