The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate a book and who also serve as judges. The Nicholas Roerich Museum also contributes; the prize includes a trip to New York City, where the winner accepts the award and does a reading at the museum. The founders of the prize were Robert M...
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The Poets' Prize is awarded annually for the best book of verse published by an American in the previous calendar year. The $3000 annual prize is donated by a committee of about 20 American poets, who each nominate a book and who also serve as judges. The Nicholas Roerich Museum also contributes; the prize includes a trip to New York City, where the winner accepts the award and does a reading at the museum. The founders of the prize were Robert McDowell, Frederick Morgan, and Louis Simpson. The prize is presently (2007) administered by the Poetry Center at West Chester University.
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