Announcing the 2014 Winners of the American Poets Prizes

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend August 26, 2014 Announcing the Winners of the 2014 American Poets Prizes   The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the 2014 winners of the American Poets Prizes. Launched in 1936, the Academy of American Poets's annual awards are among the oldest and most generous prizes for poets in the United States. This year, we have awarded over $200,000 to poets at various stages of their careers.

Robert Hass: Wallace Stevens Award Winner   The Wallace Stevens Award is given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry. Established in 1994, the award carries a stipend of $100,000. Recipients are nominated and elected by a majority vote of the Academy of American Poets's Board of Chancellors. Tracy K. Smith: Academy of American Poets Fellowship Winner   Established in 1936 and given in memory of James Ingram Merrill, this prize recognizes distinguished poetic achievement and carries with it a stipend of $25,000. Fellows are nominated and elected by a majority vote of the Academy of American Poets's Board of Chancellors. Rigoberto González: Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Winner   Rigoberto González’s book Unpeopled Eden (Four Way Books, 2013) has received the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. Awarded since 1994, this $25,000 prize recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year. The judges were Kwame Dawes, Alicia Suskin Ostriker, and Susan Stewart. Brian Blanchfield: James Laughlin Award Winner   Brian Blanchfield's book A Several World (Nightboat Books, 2014) has received the James Laughlin Award, which recognizes a superior second book of poetry by an American poet. The winning poet receives a cash prize of $5,000 and the Academy of American Poets distributes copies of the book to its thousands of members. The judges were Lee Ann Brown, Tina Chang, and C. S. Giscombe. W. S. Merwin: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Winner   W. S. Merwin's Selected Translations (Copper Canyon Press, 2013) has received the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award. Founded in 1976, this $1,000 prize recognizes a published translation of poetry from any language into English that demonstrates literary excellence. This year’s judge was David Hinton. Luigi Bonaffini: Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize   Luigi Bonaffini's book The Bedroom (Chelsea Editions, 2013), a translation of Attilio Bertolucci’s La Camera Da Letto, has won the Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize. Established in 1995, this prize recognizes outstanding translations of modern Italian poetry into English through a $10,000 book award. The judges were Barbara Carle, Luigi Fontanella, and Giuseppe Leporace. Wendy Chen: Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award Winner   Wendy Chen has won the inaugural Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award for her poem “They Sail Across the Mirrored Sea.” Established in 2013, the award recognizes a student poet with a cash prize of $1,000. The prize is judged by one of the past or current members of the Academy’s Board of Chancellors. This year’s judge was Alberto Ríos. Hannah Sanghee Park: Walt Whitman Award Winner   (Announced earlier this year)   Hannah Sanghee Park’s manuscript, The Same-Different, was selected by Rae Armantrout for the Walt Whitman Award. Established in 1975 to encourage the work of emerging poets, the award includes first-book publication, a cash prize of $5,000, a residency, and distribution to thousands of Academy of American Poets members. University & College Poetry Prizes   The Academy of American Poets sponsors over 200 annual University & College Poetry Prizes, distributing close to $25,000 each year.  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.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038