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	The Helen Burns Poetry Anthology: New Voices, edited by Mark Doty. This book features recipients of the Academy's College Prize, established in 1955, from among ten years of contest winners—including work by Francisco Aragón, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Jennifer Chang, Katie Ford, Alex Lemon, and Cate Marvin.


	University & College Poetry Prizes

History
Establishing a Prize
Prize Eligibility
Contest Procedures
Participating Colleges & Universities
Contact Information

History

In 1955, the Academy of American Poets established its University and College Poetry Prize program at ten schools. The Academy now sponsors over 200 annual prizes for poetry at U.S. colleges and universities, and has awarded more than $350,000 to nearly 10,000 student poets since the program's inception.

Many of America's most esteemed poets won their first recognition through an Academy College Prize, including Diane Ackerman, Toi Derricotte, Mark Doty, Alice Fulton, Tess Gallagher, Louise Glück, Allen Grossman, Jorie Graham, Kimiko Hahn, Joy Harjo, Robert Hass, Li-Young Lee, Brad Leithauser, J. D. McClatchy, Heather McHugh, Gregory Orr, Robert Pinsky, Sylvia Plath, Mark Rudman, Mary Jo Salter, Gjertrud Schnackenberg, George Starbuck, Mark Strand, and Charles Wright.

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Establishing a Prize

The majority of the active University and College Poetry Prizes are endowed in perpetuity.

New U.S. schools are admitted into the program only with a $2,500 endowment contribution, which allows a prize of $100 to be awarded each year, with any additional interest applied toward the administrative costs of the program. We encourage anyone wishing to endow a college prize to contact the Awards Coordinator before selecting a school. We want to ensure the school's ability to annually award the prize. Additionally, some of our oldest prizes do not yet have endowments, and we would very much like to see them secured.

A prize may be named by the donor or donors, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

Donors receive copies of their schools' winning poems each year, as well as a lifetime subscription to American Poet, the Academy's biannual journal.

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Prize Eligibility

Each participating school determines whether to make its prize open to undergraduates, graduate students, or both, and sets restrictions on submission length, deadline, and number of poems. No restrictions may be made regarding theme or style. Only registered students of a given participating school are eligible for the prize offered through that institution. If you are a student and have already determined that your school hosts an Academy prize, but do not know whom to contact for guidelines, feel free to contact us for details. Be sure to include the name of the school.

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Contest Procedures

Fall

A faculty member at each participating school, usually in the English department or writing program, works to coordinate the contest with the Academy to ensure that it is properly conducted each year. The prize coordinator serves as a liaison with the Academy, selecting judges and controlling such matters as the contest deadline, eligibility (a contest may be open to undergraduates, graduate students, or both), the number of poems to be submitted by each student, and local publicity.

Spring

The Academy supplies each coordinator with a form for reporting the contest results. The coordinator is required to provide contact information for the winner and data about the contest administration, as well as copies of each winning poem.

Each school awards $100 to a sole winner. In addition, one student may be selected for honorable mention.

The Academy issues prize checks and letters of congratulation to the winners, and also sends letters of congratulation to honorable mentions. All winners are announced in the Academy's Annual Report.

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Participating Colleges and Universities

Agnes Scott College Prize Name: Janef Preston Poetry Prize Founded: 1976 Donor: Agnes Scott College	The University of Alabama Prize Name: Hill-Kohn Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: The University of Alabama
The University of Alaska Prize Name: Harold McCracken Endowment Poetry Contest Founded: 1980 Donor: Harold McCracken and the University of Alaska	Amherst College Prize Name: The Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1959 Donor: Amherst College
Aquinas College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2001 Donor: Mrs. Linda Nemec Foster	Arizona State University Prize Name: Katherine C. Turner Prize Founded: 1994 Donor: Ms. Katharine C. Turner
The University of Arizona Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: The University of Arizona	The University of the Arts Prize Name: Sylvia B. Caplan Memorial Award Founded: 1989 Donor: Mr. Albert J. Caplan
Auburn University Prize Name: Robert Hughes Mount Jr. Prize in Poetry Founded: 1984 Donor: Mrs. Frances Mayes	Augsburg College Prize Name: John R. Mitchell Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Mrs. Jeanette Mitchell
Bard College Prize Name: The Flow Chart Foundation/ Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2002 Funded: David Kermani, The Flow Chart Foundation	Baylor University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1987 Donor: Beall Poetry Festival
Beloit College Prize Name: Beloit Poetry Journal Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: Ms. Marion Stocking	Bennington College Prize Name: The Green Prize for Poetry Founded: 2006 Donor: Kelly Green & Forrest MacGregor
Bergen Community College Prize Name: The Steven W. Chung Poetry Prize Founded: 2013 Donor: Donor: Steven W. Chung	Bloomsburg University Prize Name: Richard Savage Poetry Award Founded: 1985 Donor: Bloomsburg University
Boston University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1980 Donor: Boston University Creative Writing Program	Bowdoin College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: Bowdoin College
Bradley University Prize Name: Sipple Poetry Prize Founded: 1986 Donor: Bradley University	Brandeis University Prize Name: The Ramon Feliciano Poetry Prize Founded: 2002 Donor: Marian McDonald
Brigham Young University Prize Name: Ethel Lowry Handley Poetry Prize Founded: 2001 Donor: Ethel Lowry Handley	Brooklyn College, CUNY Prize Name: Burton A. Goldberg Poetry Prize Founded: 1987 Donor: Mr. Burton Goldberg
Brown University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2008 Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Leander McCormick-Goodhart	Bryn Mawr College Prize Name: Prize in Memory of Marie Bullock Founded: 1957 Donor: Mrs. Peter McCormick
California State University, Fresno (undergraduate) Prize Name: Larry Levis Memorial Prize Founded: 1997 Donor: The Friends of Larry Levis	California State University, Fresno (graduate) Prize Name: Ernesto Trejo Memorial Prize Founded: 1982 Donor: The Friends of Ernesto Trejo
California State University, Los Angeles Prize Name: Henri Coulette Memorial Award Founded: 1979 Donor: California State University, Los Angeles	California State University, Northridge Prize Name: George Dillon Memorial Award Founded: 1968 Donor: California State University, Northridge
The University of California, Berkeley Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1963 Donor: The New Hope Foundation	The University of California, Davis Prize Name: Celeste Turner Wright Poetry Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: Prof. Celeste Turner Wright
The University of California, Irvine Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1969 Donor: Mr. Walter J. Thomson	The University of California at Los Angeles Prize Name: Fred and Edith Herman Memorial Prize Founded: 1963 Donor: Ms. Joan LaBombard
California Polytechnic State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: California Polytechnic State University	Calvin College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Calvin College
Carnegie Mellon University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1977 Donor: Carnegie Mellon University	Central Michigan University Prize Name: Eric Torgersen Poetry Prize Founded: 2010 Donor: Phillip Sterling
Central Pennsylvania College Prize Name: Geraldine G. Britcher Poetry Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Mr. Raymond W. Britcher	Centre College Prize Name: Paul Cantrell Poetry Prize Founded: 2000 Donor: Mr. Phillip Sterling
Chatham College Prize Name: The Laurie Mansell Reich Poetry Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Laurie and Henry Reich	The University of Cincinnati Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1999 Donor: The George Elliston Poetry Foundation
The City College of San Francisco Prize Name: The Felicia Farr Lemon Poetry Prize Founded: 1982 Donor: Mrs. Felicia Farr Lemmon	Cleveland State University Prize Name: Alberta Turner Poetry Prize Founded: 2008 Donor: Cleveland State University
Colorado State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1997 Donor: Colorado State University Faculty & Administration	Columbia College Chicago Prize Name: Eileen Lannan Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation
Columbia University (undergraduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1957 Anonymous	Columbia University (graduate) Prize Name: Bennett Poetry Prize,br> Founded: 1959 Donor: The New York Times Advertising Department
Connecticut College Prize Name:Charles B. Palmer Poetry Award Founded: 1979 Donor: Connecticut College	The Cooper Union Prize Name: Elizabeth Kray Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: The Cooper Union
Cornell College Prize Name: Prize in Memory of Clyde and Jewell Bothwell Tull Founded: 1990 Donor: Ms. Alice Louise Haug	Cornell University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Litowitz Foundation
Creighton University Prize Name: Oscar M. Macelliao Poetry Prize Founded: 1989 Donor: The Lannan Foundation	Dartmouth College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: Dartmouth College
The University of Delaware Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: The New Hope Foundation	The University of Denver Prize Name: Edward M. Lannan Poetry Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: The Lannan Foundation
Dickinson College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Dickinson College	Drew University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2006 Donor: Susan Vartanian Barba
Duke University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: The Biddle Foundation	Emerson College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Emerson College
Emory University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: The Friends of Creative Writing	Florida International University Prize Name: Christopher F. Kelly Award for Poetry Founded: 1987 Donor: Mr. John Bond
Florida State University (undergraduate) Prize Name: John McKay Shaw Award Founded: 1984 Donor: Florida State University	Florida State University (graduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1982 Donor: Florida State University
Fordham University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Fordham University	Franklin & Marshall College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Mr. and Mrs. C. Hunter Boll
George Mason University Prize Name: The Joseph A. Lohman III Poetry Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Ms. Judith V. Lelchook	The George Washington University Prize NameL A. E. Claeyssens, Jr. Poetry Prize Founded: 1990 Donor: The George Washington University
Georgetown University Prize Name: Ora Mary Phelam Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation	Georgia Perimeter College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1999 Donor: The Chattahoochee Review
Georgia College & State University Prize Name: Frankye Davis Mayes Prize Founded: 2000 Donor: Mrs. Frances Mayes	Gettysburg College Prize Name: Marion Zulauf Prize Founded: 1987 Donor: Mr. Sander Zulauf
Grinnell College Prize Name: Prize in Memory of Lorabel Richardson Founded: 1994 Donor: Ms. Alice Louise Haug	Hamilton College Prize Name: Ralph and Doris Hansmann Poetry Prize Founded: 1962 Donor: Hamilton College
Harrisburg Area Community College Prize Name: Dale T. Guhl Memorial Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Mr. Raymond W. Britcher	Hartwick College Prize Name: Anna Sonder Prize Founder: 1979 Donor: Dr. Otto Sonder
Harvard University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Harvard University	Haverford College Prize Name: The James C. Ransom Poety Prize Founded: 2006 Donor: Jason Fritz and James Haglund
The University of Hawai'i Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1980 Donor: The New Hope Foundation	Hofstra University Prize Name: Nancy P. Schnader Award Founded: 1974 Donor: Hofstra University
The University of Houston Prize Name: Brazos Bookstore/ Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: Mr. Karl Kilian	Hollins University Prize Name: Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize Founded: 1971 Donor: Mr. W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
The College of the Holy Cross Prize Name: Dominick Lepore Poetry Award Founded: 1993 Donor: Mr. Dominick J. Lepore	Hope College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2002 Donor: Hope College
Hunter College Prize Name: Cataline Paacute;ez & Seumas MacManus Award Founded: 1987 Donor: Miss Patricia MacManus, Mrs. Mariquita M. Mullan	The University of Idaho Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Karen Trujillo and Don Burnett
Illinois College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Ms. Deborah Klang Smith	Illinois Wesleyan University Prize Name: Arthur W. Hinners & Louise Hinners Sipfle Prize Founded: 1980 Donor: Friends & Family of Louise Hinners Sipfle
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Prize Name: Ruth Llewellyn Baird Prize Founded: 1966 Donor: Mrs. Robert D. Wood	Indiana University Prize Name: The Vera Meyer Strube Poetry Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Jean Meyer Aloe
Indiana State University Prize Name: the Madeline DeGaetano Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 1996 Donor: Dr. Elaine L. Kleiner	The University of Iowa Writers' Workshop Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: The New Hope Foundation
Johns Hopkins University Prize Name: The Laureen Rita Schipsi Poetry Prize Founded: 2011 Donor: Mr. Thomas Newton Bolling	Kean University of New Jersey Prize Name: Kean University Poetry Prize Founded: 1990 Donor: Mr. William Kurry
The University of Kansas Prize Name: Ana Damjanov Poetry Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Dr. Ivan Damjanov	Kenyon College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: Kenyon College
Keystone College Prize Name: Edward M. Cameron IV Poetry Prize Founded: 1990 Donor: The Lyric Foundation for Traditional Poetry	Lafayette College Prize Name: Jean E. Corrie Poetry Prize Founded: 1989 Donor: The Lyric Foundation for Traditional Poetry
Lewis & Clark College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: Lewis & Clark College	Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus Prize Name: John & Agnes McCarten Memorial Award Founded: 1967 Donor: Ms. Jeanne Marie Scott
Loyola College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2004 Donor: Loyola College	Loyola University of Chicago Prize Name: Dr. Frank C. Lawler Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation
Macalester College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: Macalester College	Marietta College Prize Name: The Stephen Schwartz Prize in Poetry Founded: 2005 Donor: Laura Baudo Sillerman
The University of Maryland Prize Name: Prize in Memory of AnaÏs Nin Founded: 1984 Donor: Mr. Robert W. Newcomb	The University of Mary Washington Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: The Poetry Society of Virginia
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst Prize Name: Joseph Langland Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: The University of Massachusetts, Amherst	The University of Massachusetts, Boston Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: The New Hope Foundation
University of Memphis Prize Name: the Deborah L. Talbot Poetry Award Founded: 2002 Donor: Deborah L. Talbot	Messiah College Prize Name: Carrie A. Guhl Poetry Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Raymond W. Britcher
Miami-Dade Community College Prize Name: Fred Shaw Poetry Prize Founded: 1973 Donor: Miami-Dade Community College	Miami University (undergraduate) Prize Name: Harris S. Abrahams Poetry Prize Founded: 2000 Donor: Mr. Jeffrey Abrahams
Miami University (graduate) Prize Name: Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 2001 Donor: Mr. Jeffrey Abrahams	The University of Miami Prize Name: Alfred Boas Poetry Prize Founded: 1993 Donor: The University of Miami
The University of Michigan (undergraduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1995 Donor: Mrs. Sharon A. Galley	The University of Michigan (graduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Mrs. Sharon A. Galley
The University of Minnesota Prize Name: James Wright Prize in Poetry Founded: 1963 Donor: The University of Minnesota	The University of Missouri at Columbia Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1990 Donor: The University of Missouri
The University of Montana Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1974 Donor: The University of Montana	Mount Holyoke College Prize Name: Gertrude Claytor Poetry Prize Founded: 1960 Donor: Mr. W. Graham Claytor, Jr.
Muhlenberg College Prize Name: Charles L. Killeen II Poetry Prize Founded: 1996 Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Charles Killeen	Muskingum College Prize Name: Beulah Brooks Brown Award in Poetry Founded: 1993 Donor: Muskingum College
Naropa University Prize Name: The Margaret Randall Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2009 Donor: Friends of Margaret Randall	The University of Nebraska, Lincoln Prize Name: Wilbur Gaffney Poetry Prize Founded: 1963 Donor: Professor Emeritus Wilbur Gaffney
University of Nebraska, MFA Prize Name: Helen W. Kenefick Poetry Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Mr. John C. Kenefick	New Jersey City University Prize Name: the Walter Glospie Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2004 Donor: New Jersey City University
The University of New Mexico Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: The University of New Mexico	New Mexico State University Prize Name: The Ruth Scott Poetry Award Founded: 2005 Donor: Judith N. Scott
The University of New Orleans Prize Name: Andrea Saunders Gereighty Poetry Award Founded: 1986 Donor: Ms. Andrea S. Gereighty	New York University Prize Name: Judith Lobel Arkin Poetry Prize Founded: 2011 Donor: The Arkin Family
The University of North Dakota Prize Name: The Thomas McGrath Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: University of North Dakota	University of North Texas Prize Name: Paul R. Voertman Prize Founded: 2013 Donor: University of North Texas
The University of Notre Dame Prize Name: The Billy Maich Award Founded: 2005 Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Jessica Maich	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Prize Name: The Anne Williams Burrus Prize in Poetry Founded: 1963 Donor: Mrs. Ann W. Burrus
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Prize Name: Noel Callow Poetry Award Founded: 1963 Donor: Anonymous	North Carolina State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: North Carolina State University
Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts	Northwestern University Prize Name: The Jean Meyer Aloe Poetry Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Jean Meyer Aloe
Oberlin College Prize Name: Stuart Friebert Poetry Prize Founded: 1975	The Ohio State University Prize Name: Arthur Rense Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Ms. Paige Rense
Oklahoma State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1978 Donor: Oklahoma State University	Old Dominion University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2006 Donnor: The Poetry Society of Virginia
Oregon State University Prize Name: Weaver Undergraduate Poetry Award Founded: 1986 Donor: Oregon State University	Pace University Prize Name: David A. Bickimer—Promise of Learnings Poetry Prize Founded: 2002 Donor: The Promise of Learnings Inc.
Penn State Harrisburg Prize Name: Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller Prize Founded: 2013 Donor: Raymond W. Britcher	Pennsylvania State University Prize Name: Leonard Steinberg Memorial Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: Mrs. Pearl Steinberg
The University of Pennsylvania Prize Name: William Carlos Williams Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: The University of Pennsylvania	The University of Pittsburgh Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: The University of Pittsburgh
Portland State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1986 Donor: The Portland State University Foundation	Pratt Institute Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1992 Donor: Pratt Institute
Princeton University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Drs. William F. and Jerene Hewitt	Purdue University Prize Name: The Thomas H. Scholl and Elizabeth Boyd Thompson Poetry Prize Founded: 2006 Donor: Thomas H. Scholl
Randolph-Macon Woman's College Prize Name: Charles and Fanny Fay Wood Poetry Prize Founded: 1963 Donor: Philip Morris Companies, Inc.	The University of Redlands Prize Name: Jean Burden Award Founded: 1984 Donor: Ms. Virginia Everett Smith
Reed College Prize Name: The Mary Barnard Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1994 Donor: Reed College	The University of Rhode Island Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1980 Donor: Ms. Nancy Potter
Rhode Island School of Design Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Mr. Roger Mandle	Rice University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1986 Donor: Ms. Joyce Pounds Hardy
The University of Richmond Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: The Poetry Society of Virginia	The University of Rochester Prize Name: Marion Devendorf Van Laak Poetry Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: The University of Rochester
Rollins College Prize Name: Arden Goettling / Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Family & Friends of Arden Goettling	Rutgers University Prize Name: Enid Dame Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
St. John's University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2006 Donor: Thomas McInerney	St. Lawrence University Prize Name: James Ligon Price III Memorial Prize in Poetry Founded: 1975 Donor: St. Lawrence University
Saint Mary's College of California Prize Name: Russell & Yvonne Lannan Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation	St. Peter's College Prize Name: In Memoriam Gerald Kernan, S.J., Poetry Prize Founded: 1990 Donor: The Lannan Foundation
Sam Houston State University Prize Name: The William C. Weathers Memorial Prize Founded: 2002 Donor: Ms. Melissa Morphew	San Francisco State University Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1964 Donor: The New Hope Foundation
San Francisco State University (Undergraduate) Academy of American Poets Piri Thomas Poetry Prize Founded: 2009 Donors: Friends and Family of Piri Thomas	San Jose State University Prize Name: Virginia de Araujo Prize Founded: 1981 Donor: Virginia de Araujo Trust
Santa Clara University Prize Name: Tamara Verga Poetry Prize Founded: 1995 Donor: Victoria Verga Logan and Frank Verga, Jr.	Sarah Lawrence College (undergraduate) Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1974 Donor: The New Hope Foundation
Sarah Lawrence College (graduate) Prize Name: The John B. Santoianni Award for Excellence in Poetry Founded: 2005 Donor: Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation	Shimer College Prize Name: Ruth Cooley Poetry Prize Founded: 1976 Donor: Mr. Peter Cooley
Sinte Gleska University Prize Name: Stanley Red Bird Poetry Prize Founded: 1992 Donor: J. Patrick Lannan	Skidmore College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Skidmore College
Smith College Prize Name: Anne Bradstreet Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Smith College	Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (undergraduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: Mr. Rodney Jones
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (graduate) Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1998 Donor: Carolyn Forman Moe	Spelman College Prize Name: Edith A. Hambie Poetry Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: The Family and Friends of Edith Hambie
Spring Hill College Prize Name: Reverend Andrew C. Smith, S.J., Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation	Stanford University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Ms. Kathleen Welton
Stetson University Prize Name: The Holly M. Kimball Poetry Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Mr. Phillip Blumberg	SUNY Albany Prize Name: Phyllis Hurd Liston Poetry Prize Founded: 1998 Donor: The Liston Family
SUNY Binghamton Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1979 Donor: SUNY Binghamton	SUNY Buffalo Prize Name: Dan Liberthson Poetry Prize Founded: 2010
SUNY Farmingdale Prize Name: Raynor Wallace Poetry Award Founded: 1988 Donor: SUNY Farmingdale	SUNY Oswego Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: Mr. John W. Mincher, Jr.
SUNY Purchase Prize Name: Friends of the Humanities Poetry Prize Founded: 1992 Donor: The SUNY Purchase Friends of Humanities	Sweet Briar College Prize Name: The Jean Taylor Meyer Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 2003 Donor: Jean Meyer Aloe
Temple University Prize Name: Albert J. Caplan Prize Founded: 1985 Donor: Mr. Albert J. Caplan	The University of Texas at Austin Prize Name: Andrew Julius Gutow Poetry Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: The Andrew Julius Gutow Memorial Fund
Trinity College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1997 Donor: Trinity College	Tufts University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: Tufts University
Tulane University Prize Name: Anselle M. Larson / Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Mr. Herbert V. Larson, Jr.	Union College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: Dr. Paul Boor
The United States Naval Academy Prize Name: Stuart Pitt Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 1975 Donor: Mrs. A. Stuart Pitt	The University of Utah Prize Name: Larry Levis Memorial Poetry Prize Founded: 1969 Donor: University of Utah
Valdosta State University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1986 Donor: Mr. Edward Davin Vickers	Valparaiso University Prize Name: Vivian S. Richards Memorial Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Nancy & Michael Becker
Vanderbilt University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Vanderbilt University	Vassar College Prize Name: Mary Rousmaniere Gordon Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: Mr. Albert H. Gordon
The University of Vermont Prize Name: Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize Founded: 1988 Donor: The Lannan Foundation	Virginia Commonwealth University Prize Name: Catherine and Joan Byrne Poetry Prize Founded: 2002 Donor: Nan Byrne
The University of Virginia Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: English Dept., Henry Hoyns Bequest, Charles Wright	Virginia Polytechnic Institute Prize name: Virginia Tech/ Poetry Society of Virginia Prize Founded: 2007 Donor: The Poetry Society of Virginia
Wartburg College Prize Name: THE CASTLE Editor's Poetry Prize Founded: 1998 Donor: Anonymous	Washington College Prize Name: The Jude and Miriam Pfister Poetry Prize Founded: 2013 Donor: Dr. & Mrs. Jude Pfister
Washington & Lee University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Anonymous	Washington University Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1968 Donor: Washington University
The University of Washington Prize Name: Harold Taylor Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: The New Hope Foundation	Wayne State University Prize Name: John Clare Prize Founded: 1984 Donor: Mr. & Mrs. Nancy & Michael Becker
Wellesley College Prize Name: Nevin Prize Founded: 1957 Donor: The Family of Betty Nevin Marshall & Robert Nevin	Wells College Prize Name: Catherine B De Pau Poetry Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: The Lyric Foundation for Traditional Poetry
Wesleyan College Prize Name: George Warren Gignilliat, Jr. Poetry Prize Founded: 1984 Donor: J. Edward and Ruth Cox Lantz	Wesleyan University Prize Name: Sarah Hannah Memorial Prize Founded: 2008 Donor: Ms. Kate Bernheimer
Westminster College Prize Name: Anne Newman Sutton Weeks Prize Founded: 1999 Donor: Westminster College	Wichita State University Prize Name: Wichita State University Poetry Prize Founded: 1981 Donor: Wichita State University
The College of William and Mary Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 1983 Donor: The Poetry Society of Virginia	Williams College Prize Name: Bullock Poetry Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: The Academy of American Poets
The University of Wisconsin, Madison Prize Name: The Jens Bjerregaard Poetry Prize Founded: 2004 Donor: Kevin and Carrie Bjerregaard and family, in the Memory of Jens P. Bjerregaard	The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Prize Name: Edward W. Ryan Poetry Prize Founded: 2005 Donor: Mary Ann Ryan
The College of Wooster Prize Name: Cora Owlett Latzer Award Founded: 1983 Donor: Ms. Susan Donnell	Yale University Prize Name: Sean T. Lannan Poetry Prize Founded: 1955 Donor: The Lannan Foundation
Yonsei University / Underwood International College Prize Name: Academy of American Poets Prize Founded: 2011 Donor: Yonsei University

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