Awards
The Poetry Foundation offers annual awards that honor and celebrate the accomplishments of poets throughout various stages of their writing careers.
Poetry Foundation Awards
- AwardsView all past recipientsAwarded annually, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living US poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.
2024 Recipient: Li-Young Lee - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Poetry Foundation awards five Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships annually to support exceptional US poets between 21 and 31 years of age.
Clockwise from left: Rob Macaisa Colgate, Marissa Davis, Hermelinda Hernandez Monjaras, Chandanie Somwaru, and marion eames white - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry is an annual award bestowed in recognition of commitment and extraordinary work in poetry and the literary arts through administration, advocacy, education, publishing, or service.
2024 Recipient: Jen Benka - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism is a $10,000 prize honoring an outstanding book-length work of criticism published in the US in the prior calendar year.
2024 Recipient: Anne Carson: The Glass Essayist - AwardsView all past recipientsAppointed every two years, the title of Young People’s Poet Laureate (YPPL) is awarded to a poet in recognition of a career devoted to writing exceptional poetry for young readers while working to instill a lifelong love of poetry among developing readers.
2024 Recipient: Carole Boston Weatherford
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Current Fellows
Honoring five outstanding young poets annually
2024 FellowRob Macaisa ColgateRob Macaisa Colgate (he/she/they) is a disabled, bakla poet and playwright. Colgate is the...
2024 FellowMarissa DavisMarissa Davis (she/her) is a poet and translator from Paducah, Kentucky. Davis is the winner...
2024 FellowHermelinda Hernandez MonjarasHermelinda Hernandez Monjaras was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, and identifies as both an indígena...
2024 FellowChandanie SomwaruChandanie Somwaru (she/her) is an Indo-Caribbean woman born and raised in Queens, New York...
2024 Fellowmarion eames whitemarion eames white (they/them) is a Black, trans poet from New York. They are the winner of...
Other Ways We Fund Poetry
The grants program supports nonprofit organizations throughout the United States, including the territories, that have a core commitment to poetry and the literary arts.
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are awarded annually to support exceptional US poets between 21 and 31 years of age.
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Poetry awards prizes annually for work published in the magazine during the preceding year.