Announcing the 2019 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellows

We're excited this morning to announce the winners of the 2019 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. And they are: Franny Choi, Jane Huffman, José Olivarez, Justin Phillip Reed, and Michael Wasson. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the fellowship program, which has honored 89 writers thus far. More from our press release:

Each poet receives a $25,800 prize, making the fellowships among the largest and most prestigious awards available for young poets in the United States. The fellows will make their first joint appearance at Poetry Day on October 3 in Chicago in honor of the anniversary, and a forthcoming issue of Poetry will feature a sampling of their work.

The winners were selected from 1,573 submissions, including 2019 finalists Noah Baldino, Mia Kang, Alan Pelaez Lopez, Julian Randall, Monica Sok, and Noah Warren.

Head here to continue reading and find out more about the five fellows. Congratulations to this year's winners!