Awards
The Poetry Foundation offers annual awards that honor and celebrate the accomplishments of poets throughout various stages of their writing careers.
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Poetry Foundation Awards
- AwardsView all past recipientsAwarded annually, the $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize honors a living US poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.
2024 Recipient: Li-Young Lee - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Poetry Foundation awards five Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships annually to support exceptional US poets between 21 and 31 years of age.
Jada Renée Allen, DeeSoul Carson, Andres Cordoba, Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe, and Aris Kian. Photos courtesy of the poets. - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry is an annual award bestowed in recognition of commitment and extraordinary work in poetry and the literary arts through administration, advocacy, education, publishing, or service.
2024 Recipient: Jen Benka - AwardsView all past recipientsThe Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism is a $10,000 prize honoring an outstanding book-length work of criticism published in the US in the prior calendar year.
2024 Recipient: Anne Carson: The Glass Essayist - AwardsView all past recipientsAppointed every two years, the title of Young People’s Poet Laureate (YPPL) is awarded to a poet in recognition of a career devoted to writing exceptional poetry for young readers while working to instill a lifelong love of poetry among developing readers.
2024 Recipient: Carole Boston Weatherford
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Current Fellows
Honoring five outstanding young poets annually
2025 FellowJada Renée AllenJada Renée Allen (she/her) is a writer, educator, and culture worker from South Side Chicago...
2025 FellowDeeSoul CarsonDeeSoul Carson (he/him) is a poet and educator from San Diego, CA. Carson’s work has been ...
2025 FellowAndres CordobaAndres Cordoba (he/him) is a Massachusetts-born writer. In 2019, he received the Thayer Fellowship...
2025 FellowMaryhilda Obasiota IbeMaryhilda Obasiota Ibe (she/her) is a Nigerian poet. She received her BA in English and Literary...
2025 FellowAris KianAris Kian (she/her) is a Houston-born and -based writer, poet, and spoken word artist. Her...
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Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are awarded annually to support exceptional US poets between 21 and 31 years of age.
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