Voertman / Academy of American Poets Prize

The Academy of Poets, as part of their Academy Book Awards, sponsors the University and College Poetry Prize Program to distribute annual prizes at over 200 colleges and universities nationwide. The program is notable for having recognized many of America's premier poetic voices during their college years, including Diane Ackerman, Alice Fulton, Tess Gallagher, Allen Grossman, Kimiko Hahn, Robert Hass, Brad Leithauser, J.D. McClatchy, Heather McHugh, and Gregory Orr, among others. Academy of American Poets website: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/university-college-poetr...

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2024 Voertman / Academy of American Poets Prize

Meg McManama for "Elegy to My Mother's Breasts"

Meg McManama headshot

Previous Winners

2023 Daniel DeVaughn for "Animal Story"
2022 Minadora Macheret for "Remembering the End of the World"
2021 Aza Pace for "Chapel"
2020 Aza Pace for "My Father Asks What I'm Looking At"
2019 Megan Arlett for "Jaw"
2018 Megan Arlett for "Turn of the Millennium"
2017 Andrew Koch for "Inheritance"
2016 Chelsea Wagenaar for "The Spinning Place"
2015 Matt Haines for "The Instructor"
2014 Chelsea Wagenaar for "August"
2013 Justin Bigos for "Three Rivers"

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Paul Voertman endowed the Voertman / Academy of American Poets Prize for creative writing graduate students at UNT.

Video: In memory of Paul Voertman https://youtu.be/ZYI66KB4Xuw