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Membership
Join the Academy of American Poets today! Your financial support allows the Academy to deliver the high-quality programs—such as National Poetry Month, the Poetry Audio Archive, and this award-winning website, Poets.org—that millions of poets, students, teachers, librarians, and poetry lovers of all ages from across the country have come to depend upon each year.
Academy members have an important stake in everything we do. That is why we are pleased to offer a number of material benefits at each level of membership. For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about membership, visit our help page.
To join by phone, or for questions about membership, please call (212) 274-0343 ext. 11.
A form is available if you would rather print it and mail in your membership. If you do not wish to become a member at this time, but would still like to support the Academy, please make a donation.