Literary Prizes

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April 9, 2026
The eight international literary artists—poets, playwrights, fiction, and nonfiction writers—who received the prestigious award this year will be at the Windham-Campbell Prizes Festival in the fall to share their work.
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September 15, 2025
Arthur Sze has been named the 25th U.S. Poet Laureate for 2025-26 by the Library of Congress. In February he was the 54th recipient of Yale’s Bollingen Prize for American Poetry. His papers are at the Beinecke Library.
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September 2, 2025
The annual fall literary festival runs Sept. 16–19 with free readings, panel discussions, and conversations with eight award winners.
February 11, 2025
Yale Library awards literary prizes—including the newly established Patricia Cannon Willis Prize—to poets Arthur Sze and Major Jackson.
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December 17, 2024
The new $25,000 Willis Prize will recognize an outstanding volume of poetry published in the prior two years.
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April 5, 2023
Now in its tenth year, the prestigious prize awards eight more poets, playwrights, fiction and nonfiction writers in recognition of their achievements.
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February 14, 2023
Joy Harjo is the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, established in 1949 and awarded biennally by Yale University Library.