92NY Discovery Poetry Contest
contestLong-running first-book poetry prize administered by the Unterberg Poetry Center at 92NY, awarding four poets who have not yet published a full-length collection; winners give a public reading at 92NY.
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Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
contestUniversity of Pittsburgh Press's annual first-book poetry prize; the winning manuscript is published as part of the long-running Pitt Poetry Series.
Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship
fellowshipFunds a year of travel outside North America for an American-born poet. Applications due in the fall.
APR/Honickman First Book Prize
contestAnnual first-book poetry prize from The American Poetry Review and the Honickman Foundation, awarding publication and national distribution through Copper Canyon Press; judged by a different poet each year.
Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry
contestTwo annual book prizes from the University of Wisconsin Press, judged from one submission pool.
CantoMundo
fellowshipNational organization supporting Latinx poets through annual workshops and community.
Cave Canem
fellowshipThe premier home for Black poetry: retreats, workshops, prizes, and a fellowship community.
Colorado Prize for Poetry
contestAnnual book prize from the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State.
Cornell MFA
mfa programSmall, fully funded two-year MFA in fiction or poetry at Cornell, taught by a faculty that includes Ishion Hutchinson, Valzhyna Mort, NoViolet Bulawayo, and J. Robert Lennon, with close ties to the department's literary magazine EPOCH.
Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
fellowshipSeven-month funded winter residencies in Provincetown for emerging poets and artists.
Guggenheim Fellowship
fellowshipMid-career fellowships across fields, including poetry; substantial, prestigious, and unrestricted in use. Applications for US/Canadian citizens are typically due in mid-September, with results announced the following spring.
Hedgebrook
residencyA women-focused literary nonprofit on Whidbey Island, Washington, offering fully funded writing residencies (including the Mother Tree Residency), paid retreat stays, and public programs supporting women writers across genres.
Helen Zell Writers' Program (Michigan)
mfa programA fully funded two-year MFA in fiction or poetry at the University of Michigan's English Department, offering a funded post-graduate fellowship year and named for donor Helen Zell.
Hodder Fellowship
fellowshipA funded 10-month residency at Princeton for writers and artists of exceptional promise—selected for potential rather than track record—to pursue an independent project without teaching duties.
Iowa Writers' Workshop
mfa programThe oldest and most famous MFA program in the country; two-year funded residency in Iowa City.
Kundiman
fellowshipNonprofit literary organization supporting Asian American writers through an annual retreat, mentorship lab, regional workshops, and an annual poetry book prize.
MacDowell
residencyThe storied artist residency in Peterborough, NH. No residency fee; travel grants and stipends available.
Millay Arts
residencyA multidisciplinary artist residency at Edna St. Vincent Millay's former estate, Steepletop, in Austerlitz, New York, offering fully subsidized Core Residencies (juried) and partially subsidized Steepletop Residencies (rolling) for poets and other writers and artists.
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