Poems for the New Year, In Memoriam, American Poets Prizes, & More

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend January 9, 2019 Poems to Begin the Year With   A new year is an opportunity to reflect and set goals for the future. Begin 2019 with this selection of uplifting poems to read and share.   "Time to be the fine line of light" by Carrie Fountain "When I Rise Up" by Georgia Douglas Johnson "These Poems" by June Jordan "The Leash" by Ada Limón "The Penitent" by Edna St. Vincent Millay "Assured" by Alexander Posey "The Dream" by Lola Ridge from "Elegy in Joy" by Muriel Rukeyser "The Call of the Open" by Percy Bysshe Shelley "Good Bones" by Maggie Smith

Poems about beginnings. Poems about hope. Poems about the future. January Guest Editor: TC Tolbert   The Poem-a-Day guest editor for January is TC Tolbert, the poet laureate of Tucson, Arizona, and author of Gephyromania (Ahsahta Press, 2014). Read this Q&A with Tolbert about their curating process for the month and find out more about the other guest editors for 2019. New Poems from the Kenyon Review & Quarterly West   Read poem samplers from the new January/February issue of the Kenyon Review, featuring poems by Keetje Kuipers, Philip Metres, and Rajiv Mohabir, and from a special recovery-themed feature of Quarterly West, featuring poems by Geffrey Davis, Maya Pindyck, and more. Announcing the Winner of the First-Ever National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students   We're pleased to announce that tenth grader Julia Wang from Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, has been named the winner of the first-ever National Poetry Month Poster Contest for Students. Wang's artwork was selected by Naomi Shihab Nye and Debbie Millman from among twelve finalists and more than 450 student submissions. We will distribute 100,000+ free copies of the 2019 poster featuring Wang's artwork to libraries, schools, bookstores, and community centers nationwide for National Poetry Month celebrations this April. Request your free poster here.  Submit: American Poets Prizes   Submissions are now open for the 2019 James Laughlin Award, for a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next year, and the 2019 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, for the most outstanding book of poetry published in the previous year. Translators, don't forget to submit to our suite of translation prizes, accepting submissions until February 15.   We're thrilled to announce that Joy Harjo and Natasha Trethewey have joined our distinguished Board of Chancellors. They will begin their tenure this month and will serve a six-year term. 2018: The Year in Poems   In 2018 we invited twelve award-winning poets to each curate a month of Poem-a-Day. Revisit the poems selected by each editor with this roundup of anthologies of poems for each month of the year, and sign up for Poem-a-Day to receive this year's poems. Thank You for Your Generosity!   This December we raised $85,000 in donations thanks to your generous contributions! It is because of readers like you that the Academy of American Poets is able to advocate for poetry and grow its audience. Thank you for making our free programs and publications possible! In Memoriam   As we step into the new year, we remember the poets we lost in 2018. Watch this video tribute to poets who passed last year. In Case You Missed It   "Containing Multitudes: Poetry and the City" Watch Alicia Ostriker deliver this year's Blaney Lecture on contemporary poetry and poetics at the NYU Creative Writing Department this past November.   Poets.org on WNYC's All of It Listen to Academy of American Poets Executive Director Jennifer Benka discuss National Poetry Month, Poem-a-Day, and more with WNYC's Allison Stewart.   Fall Conversation Series: Kimiko Hahn & Janna Levin In NYC? Join us at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on January 23 for a conversation between Kimiko Hahn and Janna Levin exploring the intersections of science and poetry.    The Academy of American Poets is supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, 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

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