Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship: This is for a poet of American birth, who is willing to spend a year outside the continent of North America. One of the requirements is a poetry sample (either up to 40 typed pages or a printed volume of your poetry and no more than 20 additional typed pages). Applications have to be mailed. The award is approximately $78,000 adjusted for inflation; if there are two winners, each will receive the full amount, and the deadline is 15 October 2026 – must be received by this date; details here.

Deadline: October 15th, 2026