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This is a list of awards that are, or have been, given out to writers of poetry, either for a specific poem, collection of poems, or body of work. The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ...
Thousands of poetry awards and prizes are given throughout the world, ranging from the very well-respected to those that are little more than cons scamming would-be poets of their money (usually in the form of entrance fees), so called Vanity Poetry Contests. [1] The Chinese poem Quatrain on Heavenly Mountain by Emperor Gaozong (Song Dynasty) Poetry (from the Greek , poiesis, making or creating) is a form of art in which language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its ostensible meaning. ...
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Major international awards The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canadas youngest and most lucrative poetry award. ...
Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ...
The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best science fiction poetry. ...
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Australia - See also: List of Australian literary awards - Poetry
// A list of Australian literary awards and prizes: The Age Book of the Year Australian Literary Studies Gold Medal The Australian/Vogel Literary Award David Unaipon Award Miles Franklin Award National Book Council Awards New South Wales Premiers Literary Awards Patricia Weickhardt Award Patrick White Award Patrick White Playwrights...
The Anne Elder Award is given annually by the Fellowship of Australian Writers for the first publication in Australia of a first book of poetry. ...
The Christopher Brennan Award is an Australian poetry award given for lifetime achievement in poetry. ...
The C. J. Dennis Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the Victorian Premiers Literary Awards, for a significant selection of new work by a poet published in a book. ...
The Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry is awarded annually as part of the N. S. W. Premiers Literary Awards for a book of collected poems or for a single poem of substantial length published in book form. ...
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Canada The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented by the literary magazine Arc to the years best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. ...
The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. ...
The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canadas youngest and most lucrative poetry award. ...
The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ...
The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ...
The Shaunt Basmajian Chapbook Award, established in 1996, was an annual prize given by the Canadian Poetry Association. ...
The Utmost Christian Poetry Contest is an annual poetry contest sponsored by Utmost Christian Writers Foundation, a non-profit association registered in Edmonton, Alberta in 2003. ...
Governor General's Awards English language: French language: This is a list of the Governor Generals Award winners for poetry. ...
This is a list of the winners of the Governor Generals Award for English language poetry or drama. ...
This is a list of the winners of the Governor Generals Award for French language poetry. ...
This is a list of the winners of the Governor Generals Award for French language poetry or drama. ...
Germany - Wilhelm-Busch-Preis für satirische und humoristische Versdichtung
Korea - Dong Suh Literary Prize, poetry category
- Kim Su-yông Contemporary Poetry Award
- Korean Literature Prize
- Sowol Poetry Award
Kim Su-yông (1921-1968) was a well-known Korean poet. ...
New Zealand The Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry is one category of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, given out annually. ...
Spanish (language) - Premio Adonais
- Premio de la Poesía Fernando Paz Castillo
- Premio de Poesía Hermanos Argensola
The Premio Adonais de PoesÃa, or Adonais Prize for Poetry, is awarded annually in Spain by Ediciones RIALP to an unpublished Spanish language poem. ...
United Kingdom See also: List of British literary awards A list of British literary awards: Booker Prize British Book Awards -- the Nibbies Commonwealth Writers Prize Duff Cooper Prize Hawthornden Prize Hessell-Tiltman Prize John Llewellyn Rhys Prize Orange Prize for Fiction Samuel Johnson Prize Somerset Maugham Award Whitbread Awards Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize Bridport Prize Cholmondeley Award Eric Gregory...
The Alice Hunt Bartlett Prize is awarded by the Poetry Society for a collection of poetry. ...
The Cholmondeley Award is given by the Society of Authors for poetry. ...
The Costa Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ...
The Eric Gregory Award is given by the Society of Authors to British poets under 30 on submisson. ...
The Forward Poetry prizes were created in 1991. ...
Sir Roger Newdigates Prize is awarded to students of the University of Oxford for Best Composition in English verse by an undergraduate who has not yet been in attendance at Oxford for four years since his or her date of admittance. ...
The Gold Medal for Poetry, originally instituted by King George V, is awarded in some years on 23 April, for a book of verse written by a United Kingdom or British Commonwealth citizen; before 1985 it was awarded only to British writers (this rule clearly not having hardened by 1940). ...
The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is a British literary award. ...
United States See also: List of American literary awards A list of American literary awards: Aga Khan Prize for Fiction American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals in Belles Lettres, Criticism and Essays American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal in Drama American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction, Novels, Short Stories American Academy...
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- Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize — for a first book of poetry
- Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry — annual prize, administered by the Sewanee Review and the University of the South, awarded to a writer who has had a substantial and distinguished career
- Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship — given annually to a U.S.-born poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance his or her work
- Bernard F. Connors Prize for Poetry — Awarded by the editors of Paris Review for the best poem published in the magazine over the course of the year
- The Best American Poetry series, a maximum of 75 poems published each year in the anthology series
- Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry — Offered by the Library of Congress for the best book of poetry published by a living U.S. author during the preceding two years.
- Bollingen Prize — offered by Yale University every two years to one or more living U.S. poets for the best collection published in that period, or for lifetime achievement in poetry
- Brittingham Prize in Poetry
- Chelsea (magazine)Chelsea Award for Poetry — given by Chelsea magazine
- Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards offers $3,500 for the first prize and $2,000 for the second prize
- Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award
- Kate Tufts Discovery Award — awarded to a first time poet
- Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award — highly lucrative award for poet in mid career
- Lannan Literary Award for Poetry comes with $150,000
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry
- National Book Award for Poetry
- National Poetry Series — offered by the National Poetry Series through five participating publishers for a collection of poetry
- The New Criterion Poetry Prize, given by The New Criterion magazine
- O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize — awarded by the Folger Shakespeare Library to a U.S. poet who has published at least one book within the last five years, has made important contributions as a teacher, and is committed to furthering the understanding of poetry
- PEN Award for Poetry in Translation — honoring a poetry translation published in the preceding year
- PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry — given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature
- Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress
- Poets' Prize — awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- Rhysling Award — two given out each year (one for a long poem, the other for a short poem), by the Science Fiction Poetry Association for the best science fiction, fantasy, or horror poems
- Richard Wilbur Award
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize — offered by the Modern Poetry Association for a U.S. poet "whose accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition."
- Witter Bynner Fellowships — Administered by the Library of Congress, the fellowships are sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. Fellows are chosen by the Poet Laureate, and are expected to participate in a poetry reading at the Library of Congress in October and to organize a poetry reading in their respective cities.
- Witter Bynner Poetry Prize — established by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet.
- Yale Series of Younger Poets — offered by Yale University Press to a poet under the age of forty for a first volume of poetry
The Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize is a major American literary award for a first full-length book of poetry in the English language. ...
The Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry is an annual prize, administered by the Sewanee Review and the University of the South, awarded to a writer who has had a substantial and distinguished career. ...
The Sewanee Review (founded 1892) is the oldest continuously published literary magazine in the United States. ...
The University of the South The University of the South is located in Sewanee, Tennessee, and is a private, coeducational liberal arts college. ...
The Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship is given annually to a U.S.-born poet to spend one year outside North America in a country the recipient feels will most advance his or her work. ...
The Bernard F. Conners Prize for Poetry is given by the Paris Review for the finest poem over 200 lines published in The Paris Review in a given year, according to the magazine. ...
The Paris Review, which is actually based in New York, is a literary magazine started in 1953 by Peter Matthiessen, Thomas H. Guinzburg, and Harold L. Humes, and edited until his death in 2003 by George Plimpton. ...
The Best American Poetry series consists of books annually published, each with poems from 75 authors who, in the opinion of the guest editors, represent the best American poetry published in a 12-month period. ...
The Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry is a biennial prize given by the Library of Congress on behalf of the nation in recognition for the most distinguished book of poetry written by an American and published during the preceding two years. ...
The Bollingen Prize, awarded every two years by the Bollingen Foundation, is a prestigious literary honor bestowed on a poet in recognition of the best book of new verse within the last two years, or for lifetime achievement. ...
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The Brittingham Prize in Poetry is a major American literary award for a book of poetry chosen from an open competition. ...
The Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Open Competition Awards are relatively large prizes given out each year to poets with unpublished manuscripts. ...
The Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award was established in 1994 by The Formalist. ...
The Kate Tufts Discovery Award is a counterpart of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, that is awarded to first time poets. ...
The Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is an American prize that is one of the worlds most lucrative poetry awards. ...
The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields. ...
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The National Book Award for Poetry has been given since 1950 and is part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually for outstanding literary works by American citizens. ...
The National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program. ...
The New Criterion is a New York-based magazine, a journal of art and cultural criticism. ...
The O.B. Hardison, Jr. ...
The Folger Shakespeare Library is an independent research library located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. History Standard Oil president, then chairman of the board, Henry Clay Folger was an avid collector of Shakespeareana. ...
The PEN Award for Poetry in Translation honors a poetry translation published in the preceding year. ...
The PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry is given biennially to an American poet whose distinguished and growing body of work to date represents a notable and accomplished presence in American literature. ...
The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress is appointed by the United States Librarian of Congress and earns a stipend of $35,000 a year. ...
The Poets Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. ...
The Pulitzer Prize for Poetry has been presented since 1922 for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author. ...
The Rhysling Awards are an annual award given for the best science fiction poetry. ...
The Science Fiction Poetry Association(SFPA)was founded in 1978 to bring together poets and readers interested in science fiction poetry. ...
The Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is awarded annually by The Poetry Foundation; the Foundation also publishes Poetry. ...
Witter Bynner Fellowships are administered by the Library of Congress and sponsored by the Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry, an organization that provides grant support for poetry programs through nonprofit organizations. ...
The Witter Bynner Poetry Prize was established by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet. ...
American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ...
The Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition is an annual event of Yale University Press aiming to publish the first collection of a promising American poet. ...
Yale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908. ...
Awards given by the Academy of American Poets (in order of decreasing monetary value) - Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets — $25,000 for distinguished poetic achievement
- Wallace Stevens Award — $100,000 to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry
- Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize — $25,000 for the best book of poetry published in the previous year
- James Laughlin Award — $5,000 to recognize and support a poet's second book
- Walt Whitman Award — First-book publication, $5,000, and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center for an American who has not yet published a book of poetry
- Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards — $5,000 book prize and $20,000 fellowship to recognize outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry
- Harold Morton Landon Translation Award — $1,000 for a published translation of poetry from any language into English
The Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets, or Academy Fellowship, was the first award of its kind in the United States. ...
The Wallace Stevens Award is a major American literary award for mastery of poetry in the English language from the Academy of American Poets. ...
Established in 1975, the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is (currently) a $25,000 award recognizing the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. ...
The James Laughlin Award is given annually by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a poets second published book. ...
The Walt Whitman Award is given by the American Academy of Poets to an American poet who has never before published a book of poetry. ...
The Raiziss/de Palchi Translation Awards, established in 1995, is given out by the American Academy of Poets for outstanding translations into English of modern Italian poetry. The book award comes with a $5,000 book prize and the fellowship comes with $20,000. ...
The Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a literary award given by the Academy of American Poets to recognize a published translation of poetry from any language into English. ...
Awards given by the Poetry Society of America The Frost Medal is an award of the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement. ...
The Shelley Memorial Award of more than $3,500, given out by the Poetry Society of America, was established by the will of the late Mary P. Sears, The prize is given to a living American poet selected with reference to genius and need. ...
The Writer Magazine/Emily Dickinson Award is given once a year to a member of the Poetry Society of America for a poem inspired by Dickinson of no more than 30 lines. ...
The Norma Farber First Book Award is given by the Poetry Society of America is given for a first book of original poetry written by an American and published in either a hard or soft cover in a standard edition during the calendar year.[1] The award was established by...
The William Carlos Williams Award is given out by the Poetry Society of America. ...
Awards given by the American Academy of Arts and Letters - American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals for Poetry — given every six years to honor the distinguished career of a poet; considered the highest honor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Academy Award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters — In 1941 the Academy established awards to encourage creative work in the arts. Now $7500 each, Academy Awards are given annually: five to artists, eight to writers, four to composers, and three to architects.
- Arthur Rense Prize — In 1998, the $20,000 award was established to honor "an exceptional poet" once every third year.
- Michael Braude Award for Light Verse — The $5,000 biennial award is given "for light verse written in English regardless of the country of origin of the writer".
- Benjamin H. Danks Award — The $20,000 award is given in rotation to a composer of ensemble works, a playwright, and a writer (fiction, non-fiction, poetry). Since 2002 the Academy has administered the prize established by Roy Lyndon Danks in honor of his father, Benjamin Hadley Danks.
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Award of Merit — The Award of Merit, a medal and $10,000, is given each year, in rotation, to an outstanding person in America representing one of the following arts: Painting, the Short Story, Sculpture, the Novel, Poetry, and Drama.
- Morton Dauwen Zabel Award — $10,000 biennial award is given every third year to a poet. In the other years it goes to a writer of fiction or critic.
- Metcalf Awards — The Willard L. Metcalf Award in Art and the Addison M. Metcalf Award in Literature are biennial awards of $10,000.
- Rome Fellowship in Literature — (annual) subsidizes two young writers for a one-year residence at the American Academy in Rome.
- Witter Bynner Poetry Prize — established by the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet.
Two American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals are awarded each year by the academy for distinguished achievement. ...
American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ...
The Arthur Rense Prize was established in 1998 when Paige Rense started the award of $20,000 in memory of her husband, the poet Arthur Rense. ...
The Michael Braude Award for Light Verse is a biennial award given for light verse in the English language, regardless of the authors nationality. ...
The Witter Bynner Poetry Prize was established by the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980 to support the work of a young poet. ...
American Academy of Arts and Letters is an organization whose goal is to foster, assist, and sustain an interest in American literature, music, and art. ...
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