Watsonville Poet Laureate Victoria Bañales recently earned a Best Poetry Book Award from the International Latino Book Awards ...

Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award. The Poetry Foundation announced ...

The Poetry Foundation awards $195k in prizes for poetry craft, service, and criticism CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Poetry Foundation presents the recipients of its 2026 Pegasus Awards, ...

Heid E. Erdrich is McKnight Foundation 2026 Distinguished Artist. The prestigious, $100,000 award honors a Minnesota artist or culture bearer who has made significant contributions to the state’s ...

STORE IS CLOSING OR GIVE AN EXACT DATE FOR ITS FINAL DAY. SHE LEADS THROUGH HER WORDS. SHELLEY CONNELLY IS A POET AND AUTHOR, A TEACHER, AND THIS WEEK SHE WAS HONORED FOR HER WORK WITH MILWAUKEE’S ...

Nancy Mitchell, Salisbury's first poet laureate, received the 2026 ESWA Legacy Award. The award recognizes her significant contributions to the literary arts on the Delmarva peninsula. Mitchell is a ...

Antonio De Jesús López, San Mateo County’s poet laureate, has been selected as one of 22 poets nationwide to receive a 2026 Poet Laureate Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets. In announcing ...

Sandra Rivers-Gill talks poetry in people, speaking truth to power, art as a healing exercise and how to get past writer's block.

The Clarendon Hills Public Library has named a local resident as its first poet laureate. The Village Board approved the appointment of resident David W. Berner to the position, in which he will ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Kimberly Blaeser, a former poet laureate of Wisconsin, will accept a prize from the National Book Foundation next month for her collection of poems, Ancient Light. A 70-year-old poet and ...

The Eastern Shore Writers Association announce that Nancy Mitchell — Salisbury's inaugural poet laureate — was honored with the 2026 ESWA Legacy Award. The ceremony took place on March 14 during the ...