The living index of poetry publishing.

Funds a year of travel outside North America for an American-born poet. Applications due in the fall.

No fee

The premier home for Black poetry: retreats, workshops, prizes, and a fellowship community.

Since 1996

Seven-month funded winter residencies in Provincetown for emerging poets and artists.

The oldest and most famous MFA program in the country; two-year funded residency in Iowa City.

Since 1936

The storied artist residency in Peterborough, NH. No residency fee; travel grants and stipends available.

Since 1907

Fully funded three-year MFA at UT Austin across four genres.

Since 1993

$25,000 federal fellowships; poetry and prose alternate years. The most significant no-strings government grant for U.S. poets.

No fee

The field's institutional hub: databases of magazines, presses, agents, contests, and MFA programs.

Since 1970

Five $27,000 fellowships from the Poetry Foundation for U.S. poets ages 21–31. Applications open each winter.

No fee

Four-year MFA in Fayetteville with deep poetry and translation tracks — one of the longest apprenticeships available.

Since 1966

Two fully funded years at Stanford with no degree requirement; five poets admitted annually. Applications open in the fall.

Academy of American Poets first-book prize: $5,000, publication, and an all-expenses-paid residency.

Historic artists' community in Saratoga Springs offering funded residencies to writers and artists.

Since 1900

The oldest annual literary award in America (1919): first-book publication by Yale University Press.

Since 1919

Career-launching prize for poets who have not yet published a book; reading at the 92nd Street Y.

University of Pittsburgh Press first-book prize; winners join the Pitt Poetry Series.

First-book prize from The American Poetry Review with publication and distribution by Copper Canyon.

Two annual book prizes from the University of Wisconsin Press, judged from one submission pool.

Two-year MFA known for experimental poetics.

National organization supporting Latinx poets through annual workshops and community.

Since 2009

Annual book prize from the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State.

Small, fully funded two-year MFA with generous teaching support.

Mid-career fellowships across fields including poetry; substantial and prestigious. Applications due in the early fall.

No fee · Since 1925

Fully funded residencies for women-identified writers on Whidbey Island, Washington.

Since 1988

Fully funded two-year MFA at the University of Michigan with a post-grad fellowship year.

A funded year at Princeton for writers and artists of exceptional promise working on independent projects.

Fellowship organization nurturing Asian American poets through retreats and mentorship.

Since 2004

Residencies at Edna St. Vincent Millay's Steepletop in upstate New York.

Since 1973

Five winning manuscripts published annually by participating trade and university presses.

Since 1978

New York MFA with a storied poetry faculty and public reading series.

Paid part-time fellowships hosted by poetry organizations nationwide; $20,000 stipend plus health allowance.

No fee

The long-running vetted database of contests, grants, and awards with legitimate practices; browse by genre and deadline.

Bucknell's post-MFA fellowship providing time, mentorship, and arts-administration training for emerging poets.

Residencies for women writers in Homer, Alaska, with meals and cottages provided.

Since 2020

Fully funded three-year MFA with a famously selective cohort.

Residencies on a 20,000-acre working ranch in Wyoming; deep quiet, full support.

Since 1981

Three-year MFA for poets and fiction writers in the Pioneer Valley.

PhD and MFA programs with a strong poetry tradition in a major city.

Fully funded two-year MFA admitting a small cohort in poetry and fiction.

Month-long residencies in Johnson, Vermont; fellowships available for poets.

Since 1984

Fully funded two-year program with a distinguished poetry faculty.

Nine-month teaching fellowships in Madison for poets and fiction writers finishing a first book.