311:... perhaps it is just as well that I didn't succeed in getting a publisher earlier, since, with new poems being added all the time, the manuscript kept getting stronger. But years of rejection took their toll, and when I won the Lamont Award in 1962, I kept repeating "I will not be consoled." But I was. My life changed considerably. For one thing, I could make a living - I gave poetry readings around the country, wrote narrations for a couple of documentary films, translated a book of Eskimo poems, and, yes, even taught poetry workshops for a while.
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arrangements with the school or through private donors. For a school to become part of the program, a $ 2,500 endowment contribution is required. Individual schools set the winning criteria for their awards, within the guidelines set by the
Academy: winners must be registered students at the school and the school cannot restrict the themes or styles of the entries.
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noted that "To have great poets there must be great audiences, Whitman said, to the more or less unheeding ears of
American educators. Ambitiously, hopefully, the Academy has undertaken to remedy this plight." In 1998, Dinitia Smith described the Academy of American Poets as "a venerable body at the
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Ambroggio Prize is the only annual award of its kind in the United States that honors American poets whose first language is Spanish. It is a $ 1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation.
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in 1936. At present, winners receive a cash prize of $ 5,000, an all-expenses-paid weeklong residency at The Betsy Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, and the
Academy of American Poets purchases one thousand copies of the winning book for distribution to its membership; the purchase and distribution
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Marshall Poetry Prize is awarded annually for the best volume of poetry written by a living U.S. citizen and published in the previous year in the United States. The Prize was created in 1975 by the New Hope Foundation of Pennsylvania, which was a philanthropic foundation created by
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magazine, readings and events, and poetry resources for K-12 educators. In addition, it sponsors a portfolio of nine major poetry awards, of which the first was a fellowship created in 1946 to support a poet and honor "distinguished achievement," and more than 200 prizes for student poets.
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for bardlings." Initially, the Lamont Poetry Selection was awarded to a poet's first published book; copies of the book were purchased from its publisher for distribution to the Academy's members. In 1975, the organization changed to selecting a poet's second volume; in an editorial,
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to "recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry". Nominations are not accepted. The winner, who must be an American citizen, is chosen by the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors and receives $ 100,000.
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by 23-year-old Marie Bullock with a mission to "support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry." In 1936, the Academy of American Poets was officially incorporated as a
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This $ 1,000 award recognizes a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year. Established in 1976, it is given annually. A noted translator chooses the winning book.
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Formerly known as the Lamont Poetry Selection, the Laughlin Award is given in recognition of a poet's second published book, and is considered to be the only major award honoring the publication of a poet's second book.
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American Academy in Rome and $ 20,000 for use in advancing a "significant work-in-progress", such as through travel or study. The award is administered for the New York Community Trust and funded by a bequest from
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Elizabeth Kray was hired in 1963 as the first executive director of the Academy of American Poets, and she served the organization until 1981. William Wadsworth served as executive director from 1989 to 2001.
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magazine. In 1995, administration of the Prize became the responsibility of the Academy of American Poets; the Prize has a permanent endowment, and the cash value of the prize is currently $ 25,000.
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was published and won deserving accolades and awards, notably the Lenore Marshall/Saturday Review Poetry Prize, given annually to the outstanding book of poems in the U.S..
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and her husband, James Marshall, to "support the arts and the cause of world peace"; Lenore Marshall, a poet, novelist, editor, and peace activist, had died in 1971.
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Smith, William Ray (October 16, 1982). "John Logan Wins Marshall Prize".
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The award was first established in 1954 by a bequest from the wife of
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619:"National Poetry Month: Useful Resources for Teachers and Students"
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