American Academy of Poets Prize

The American Academy of Poets is a national non-profit organization devoted to stimulating interest in American Poetry through fellowships and public programs. The Poetry Prize Contest is held at 177 undergraduate institutions annually. The results are also reported to the Academy and all the winners will be listed in the summer issue of the Academy’s journal, American Poet.

Winners

2011

 Emma Towne, “Discourse” (Prize Winner)

Sophia Diaz, “Fifteen minutes left of soccer practice and I find the viewmaster on the backseat of the car” (Prize Winner)

Kelsi Villarreal, “Finding My Prince Charming, Age 15” (Honorable Mention)

Catherine Polityllo,” Fifth Grade Teacher” (Honorable Mention)

2010

 Patrick Phillips, “Blue Hawaii” (Prize Winner)

2009

Lewis George Feuer, “I’ll Start this Way” (Prize Winner)

Ben Bateman, “Putting the THE Back in Theopolis” (Honorable Mention)

Isobel Crittenden, “A Short History of Enlightenment” (Honorable Mention)

Michale Rae, “All Things You Can’t Touch” (Honorable Mention)

2008    

Stephanie Elliott, “What the Tatto Artist Said” (Prize Winner)

Corey van Landingham, “Sturgeon” (Honorable Mention)

2007 

Caleb Seppala, “At the Far End of the Beach in Menemsha” (Prize Winner)

Crystal Willer (Honorable Mention)

Nicole O’Bryant, “Among the Plants” (Honorable Mention)

2006

 Ryan Bruno, “Cypress Trees” (Prize Winner)

Caitlyn Tyler, “Last November, Standing Out Back With My Brother” (Prize Winner)

James Lindsay (Honorable Mention)

Rob Hopkinson, “An Elegy for Three Towns” (Honorable Mention)