The 2026 Academy of American Poets First Book Award is a $5,000 first-book publication prize. The winning manuscript, chosen by former Academy Chancellor and celebrated poet Brenda Hillman, will be published by Graywolf Press, a leading independent publisher committed to the discovery and energetic publication of contemporary American and international literature. The winner also receives an all-expenses-paid six-week residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in the Umbrian region of Italy and distribution of the winning book to thousands of Academy of American Poets members.
Submissions for the 2026 Academy of American Poets First Book Award are accepted from July 1, 2025 to September 1, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Eastern). Please review our guidelines before sending your submission. For questions, please write to awards@poets.org.
The 2026 Ambroggio Prize is a $1,000 publication prize given for a book-length poetry manuscript originally written in Spanish and with an English translation. The winning manuscript is published by the University of Arizona Press, which is nationally recognized for its commitment to publishing the award-winning works of emerging and established voices in Latinx and Indigenous literature, as well as groundbreaking scholarship in Latinx and Indigenous studies.
Established in 2017, the Ambroggio Prize is the only annual award of its kind in the United States that honors American poets whose first language is Spanish.
Submissions are accepted June 15, 2025 through September 15, 2026. The judge for the 2026 Ambroggio Prize is Aaron Coleman.
Please review the guidelines before sending your submission: https://poets.org/academy-american-poets/ambroggio-prize-guidelines. For questions, please write to awards@poets.org.
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El Premio Ambroggio 2026 es un premio de publicación de 1,000 dólares otorgado a un manuscrito de poesía escrito originalmente en español con traducción al inglés. El manuscrito ganador es publicado por University of Arizona Press, reconocida a nivel nacional por su compromiso en publicar las obras premiadas de voces emergentes y establecidas en la literatura latina e indígena, así como estudios innovadores en estudios latinos e indígenas.
Establecido en 2017, el Premio Ambroggio es el único premio anual de este tipo en los Estados Unidos que honra a los poetas estadounidenses cuyo primer idioma es el español.
Las postulaciones para el Premio Ambroggio 2026 se aceptarán desde el 15 de junio de 2025 hasta el 15 de septiembre de 2026. El juez es Aaron Coleman.