Claremont Graduate University

Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards

Deadline: 
July 1, 2023 - Check back on April 15th for Upcoming Deadline
Cash Prize: 
$100,000
E-mail address: 

The $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award is given annually to honor a book of poetry by a midcareer U.S. poet. The winner will spend one week in residence at Claremont Graduate University in California. The $10,000 Kate Tufts Discovery Award is given annually to honor a first book of poetry by “a poet of genuine promise.” Poets, publishers, or agents may submit eight copies of a poetry collection published between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023, with a list of previously published work (for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award only) by July 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Claremont Graduate University, Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards, 160 East 10th Street, Harper East B7, Claremont, CA 91711. (909) 621-8974.