Amy Award

The Amy Award is presented to women poets age 30 and under living in the New York City metropolitan area or on Long Island. Winners receive an honorarium and a reading in New York City. The award was established in 1995 by Paula Trachtman and Edward Butscher of East Hampton, New York in memory of Ms. Trachtman’s daughter, Amy Rothholz, an actor and poet.

Poets & Writers is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Amy Award. To apply, please send 3 lyric poems (50 lines or less), a short bio, and a SASE by June 1, 2009 to: Amy Awards, Poets & Writers, 90 Broad St., Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004.

Winners of the 2008 Amy Award are Idra Novey, Leigh Stein, and Annabelle Moseley. Click here for more.

l-r: Paula Trachtman, Leigh Stein, Annabelle Moseley, Idra Novey. Photo by Linda Rondinelli.

Past winners of the Amy Award are:

Alexandra Cordera
Dorene Evans
Shannon Holman
Ava Hu
Sarah Ruth Jacobs
K. Morgan Keenan
Amanda Lichtenberg
Kerry Ann Minto
Stella Padnos
Cecily Parks
Prudence Peiffer
Shabnam Piryaei
Frances Justine Post
Hila Ratzabi
Jendi Reiter
Jessica Saffer
Mrigaa Sethi
Laurie Siegal
Jessica Max Stein
Tamara Tiska
Wendy Wisner