Two collections that deal with the war in Gaza are competing at the National Book Awards. The poets discuss poetry's power in times of great suffering and what the awards mean for Palestinian voices.

The Griffin Poetry Prize will host a town hall as part of its plan to re-evaluate its format. Prize benefactor Scott Griffin ...

Marianne Boruch, a West Lafayette poet and Purdue professor emerita, has won the 2026 Jackson Poetry Prize, a $100,000 award.

This week, The New Yorker will be announcing the longlists for this year’s National Book Awards. Yesterday, we presented the ten contenders in the category of_ Young People’s Literature. Today, it’s ...

Phillip B. Williams is still trying to wrap his head around his Kate Tufts Discovery Award for “Thief in the Interior,” his first collection of poetry that reflects on such issues as racism, ...

The longlist is the sixth shared by the organization, in celebration of the NBCC’s 50th anniversary Amazon The final National Book Critics Circle Awards genre longlist has arrived. On Dec. 19, the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — If you're a poet and you know it, a chance for you to express you're writing skills and expand your career has just opened for the fourth year. Just Buffalo Literary Center's 2024 ...

The Conversation invites academics across the UK and Ireland to write a poem inspired by climate change research.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WILLIMANTIC — Connecticut State Community College Quinebaug Valley is set to hold its annual Julius Sokenu Poetry Awards Night.