Advancing American Poetry & Poetics
We are a community of poets, scholars, students, and social justice workers who explore the power of poetry
to change the world for the better through acts of imagination and the energy of new languages and visions.
2026-2027 PJI Prize Now Open
2026-2027 PJI Prize Now Open
Alicia Ostriker will judge the PJI Prize and Elisabeth Frost will select the Editor's Prize for a BIPOC writer.
Submissions open September 1, 2026 and close on November 15, 2026.
New Releases: 2024-25 PJI Prize Winners
How to Cast a Beautiful Animal
Diana Keren Lee
An Asian American actress’s journey through landscape, language, and lineage.
Another Anthem of Fabulous Survival
T. S. Leonard
A dazzling debut charting queer survival, memory, and joy across time.
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