The Academy of American Poets is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 American Poets Prizes, which are among the most valuable and venerable poetry prizes in the United States. This year the organization has awarded more funds to poets than any other organization globally, giving a total of $1,288,000 to poets at various stages of their careers.
- MARILYN NELSON has received the WALLACE STEVENS AWARD
- JERICHO BROWN has received the ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP
- MAI DER VANG's Yellow Rain (Graywolf Press, 2021) has received the LENORE MARSHALL POETRY PRIZE
- ANNELYSE GELMAN’s book Vexations (University of Chicago Press, 2023)has won the JAMES LAUGHLIN AWARD
- ELIZABETH TORRES’ La Lotería: Sorteo Nocturno / The Lottery: Nocturnal Sweepstakes (University of Arizona Press, 2023) has won the AMBROGGIO PRIZE
- ADRIANA X. JACOBS’ translation of Vaan Nguyen’s The Truffle Eye (Zephyr Press, 2021) has won the HAROLD MORTON LANDON TRANSLATION AWARD
- DANIELLE EMERSON has won the ALIKI PERROTI AND SETH FRANK MOST PROMISING YOUNG POET AWARD
- KWEKU ABIMBOLA has received the FIRST BOOK AWARD