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.
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.
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.
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.
Poetry Coalition Fellowships
fellowshipPaid, part-time fellowships placing early-career poets and arts administrators at member organizations of the Poetry Coalition network, coordinated by the Academy of American Poets; includes a $20,000 stipend plus health-care allowance.
Stadler Fellowship
fellowshipBucknell's post-MFA fellowship providing a year of stipend, housing, mentorship, and hands-on arts-administration/editorial experience with West Branch and the Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts.
Ucross
residencyFully funded residencies for writers, visual artists, composers, and choreographers on a 20,000-acre working cattle ranch in northern Wyoming, with private studios, chef-prepared meals, and a modest stipend.
Vanderbilt MFA
mfa programFully funded three-year MFA in Nashville admitting six poets and six fiction writers per year, for a total cohort of eighteen students.