TRP is excited to announce that Diane Seuss will be the final judge for The 2024 X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize.
Established in 1998, The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize highlights one full-length collection of poetry per year.
Since 2024, the Prize comes with a $10,000 advance, TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center, a standard royalty contract, and 10 copies of the published book.
Winner receives $10,000 advance + publication + residency at Vermont Studio Center
Submissions open July 1 – September 30
Diane Seuss is the author of six books of poetry. Her most recent collection is Modern Poetry (Graywolf Press 2024). frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press 2021), was the winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. Seuss was a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. She received the John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2021. Seuss was recently elected as a chancellor for the Academy of American Poets. Seuss was raised by a single mother in rural Michigan, which she continues to call home.
TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center (VSC) and TRP: The University Press of SHSU (TRP) are pleased to announce a partnership to offer the TRP’s X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellowship at Vermont Studio Center. This fellowship offers a three-week residency, in the summer, to a recipient of the X. J. Kennedy Prize and includes a private studio space, a private room in shared lodging, access to the Visiting Artists & Writers Program, and all meals. The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize Fellow at VSC will join an inclusive international community of artists and writers located in northern Vermont.
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