Offered since 1954, the James Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry forthcoming in the next calendar year. The award was endowed in 1995 by a gift to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher James Laughlin (1914-1997), who founded New Directions in 1936.
Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
The award is open to any poet writing in English who has not had a full-length book of poetry published previously. We define “full-length book”