John Ashbery Picks Whitman Award Winner!

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John Ashbery Selects Chris Hosea as 2013 Walt Whitman Award Recipient   The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce that Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery has selected Chris Hosea as the recipient of the 2013 Walt Whitman Award, the Academy's prestigious first book prize.    As the winner of the Whitman Award, Hosea's manuscript,  Put Your Hands In, will be published by Louisiana State University Press in 2014 and the Academy of American Poets will purchase and distribute thousands of copies of the book to its members. Hosea will also receive $5,000 and a one-month residency at the Vermont Studio Center.  Don't Miss Out! Poetry Takes the Stage   Mario Batali, Patricia Clarkson, Glen  Hansard, Stew, Kathleen Turner, and other leading artists, scholars, and public figures will come together on one stage on April 17, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. for an extraordinary evening celebrating the role of contemporary poetry in American culture.  Poetry & the Creative Mind helps raise critical funds for the Academy's annual programs, including National Poetry Month.  Tickets for Poetry & the Creative Mind are now available through the Lincoln Center box office.  National Student Poets Celebrate  National Poetry Month   America's inaugural class of National Student Poets, five teenagers who serve as literary ambassadors for poetry, are sharing their passion nationwide this April.   All five students are participating in events and workshops throughout the United States. In fact, NYC student poet Claire Lee will be reading poetry on the Lincoln Center stage as part of our Poetry & the Creative Mind lineup this April 17. The students have also been corresponding with the Academy's Chancellors this spring as part of our Dear Poet letter writing project. Read one of their letters and find out how to participate. In Memoriam We were saddened to learn that former Academy of American Poets Chancellor Daniel Hoffman passed away on March 30, 2013, a few days shy of his 90th birthday. Hoffman wrote numerous books of poetry and served as Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (now called U.S. Poet Laureate) from 1973 to 1974.  April 2013  Like us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  Join us on Tumblr Upcoming Events Apr. 17: Poetry & the Creative Mind   Apr. 18: Poem in Your Pocket Day   Apr. 24: Spring 2013 American Poet Launch   Apr. 30: Poetry Bomb at Housing Works   May 3-4: Chapbook Festival Upcoming Deadlines May 15: James Laughlin Award Submission Deadline May 15: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Submission Deadline From our Sponsors: Special thanks to  the partners and sponsors who make National Poetry Month possible: American Booksellers  Association  American Library Association Dixon Ticonderoga  EBSCO  Lulu  Merriam-Webster  National Council of Teachers of English  National Endowment  for the Arts  New York City Department of Cultural  Affairs  New York State Council on the Arts  Poetry Foundation  Poets House Scholastic  and more!   Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org. John Ashbery photo © by Lynn Davis. Chris Hosea photo © by Frank Oblak. National Student Poets photo © The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. Daniel Hoffman photo © by Elizabeth McFarland.

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