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Library of Congress Awards Gerald Stern The Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry (2012-10-27): Gerald Stern is the winner of The Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry.
2012 National Book Award Poetry Finalists Announced (2012-10-23): The finalists for the 2012 National Book Awards have been announced.
Poet Gary Synder Wins $100,000 Wallace Stevens Award (2012-09-28): The Academy of American Poets' Board of Chancellors selected poet Gary Synder as the winner of the Wallace Stevens Award.
Wattpad Launches Poetry Prize Judged by Margaret Atwood (2012-08-06): Wattpad, a social reading site, has lanched The Attys, a digital poetry prize that will be judged by Margaret Atwood.
Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey Lands Memoir Deal With HarperCollins (2012-07-03): HarperCollins imprint Ecco won a heated auction for the rights to publish the memoir of United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey.
100,000 Poems Dropped Over London (2012-07-01): 100,000 poems were dropped over London on June 26th.
David Harsent and Ken Babstock Win 2012 Griffin Poetry Prize (2012-06-16): David Harsent and Ken Babstock are the winners of the 2012 annual Griffin Poetry Prize.
Natasha Trethewey Appointed 19th Poet Laureate (2012-06-09): Librarian of Congress James H.
Hailey Leithauser Wins the 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award (2012-05-17): Hailey Leithauser has won the 2012 Emily Dickinson First Book Award.
Stone Upon Stone, Spectacle & Pigsty Win Best Translated Book Awards (2012-05-16): Wieslaw Mysliwski's Stone Upon Stone, translated from Polish by Bill Johnston, has won the Best Translated Book Award for fiction.
U.S. Postal Service Honors Ten Poets With Forever Stamps (2012-04-24): The U.S. Postal Service has honored ten famous 20th century U.S. poets with Forever stamps.
2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Announced (2012-04-23): The winners of the 2012 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Friday, April 20, 2012, during a public ceremony held in the Bovard Auditorium on the campus of USC.
Henri Cole Wins 2012 Jackson Poetry Prize (2012-04-06): Poets & Writers, Inc.
Juan Felipe Herrera Appointed California Poet Laureate (2012-03-26): Juan Felipe Herrera has been appointed California Poet Laureate by Governor Edmund G.
John Cusack Discusses Playing Romantic, Driven and Self-Destructive Edgar Allen Poe in The Raven (2012-03-09): John Cusack talked to Sky News about playing the role of a lifetime: Edgar Allen Poe in the film The Raven.
SNL Skit: Maya Angelou Plays a Prank on Stephen King, Starring Maya Rudolph (2012-02-19): Maya Rudolph hosted Saturday Night Live last night.
Winners of the 2012 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards Announced (2012-02-02): Claremont Graduate University (CGU) has announced the winners of the 2012 Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards.
John Burnside Wins T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry (2012-01-17): John Burnside won the T.
2011 Costa Book Award Winners Announced (2012-01-07): Costa Coffee has announced the Costa Book Awards 2011 winners in the Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book categories.
Two Poets Withdraw From TS Eliot Prize (2011-12-10): Two poets have withdrawn from consideration for the TS Eliot Prize, which is awarded annually by the Poetry Book Society (UK).
