Poets' Prize

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The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by a living American poet two years prior to the award year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate two books and who also serve as judges. The Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York City hosts the annual awards reception in May, which includes readings by the winner and finalists. [1] The founders of the prize were Robert McDowell, Frederick Morgan, and Louis Simpson. [2] The current co-chairs of the prize committee are Robert Archambeau and Marc Vincenz.

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  1. ↑ "University of Arkansas Press Poet Wins the Poets' Prize". Arkansas Newswire. February 20, 2002. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  2. ↑ "This year the Poets' Prize goes to....," Choriamb: Poetry News and Reviews , April 20, 2007. Retrieved July 23, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Ernest Hilbert wins 2017 Poets' Prize!". Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers. May 22, 2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Erica Dawson wins 2016 Poets' Prize". Measure Press. March 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Writing Seminars Faculty Honored in 2015 Poets' Prize Competition". Johns Hopkins University. March 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "George Green". The Poetry Foundation. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Shaw Awarded 2013 Poets' Prize". Mount Holyoke College. March 28, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Writing Professor Wins Poets' Prize". Loyola University Maryland. May 1, 2012.
  9. ↑ "BkMk Press author wins Poets' Prize". University of Missouri – Kansas City. February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on August 18, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
  10. ↑ Price, Jennifer (June 20, 2010). "GW professor Jane Shore wins prestigious writing award". GW Today. the George Washington University. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
  11. ↑ Byrne, Edward (May 7, 2009). "Ellen Bryant Voigt Wins 2009 Poets' Prize". One Poet's Notes.
  12. ↑ "Staff & Contacts". Atlanta Review . Archived from the original on August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Brian Turner". Weekend America. American Public Media. 2009. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010.
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