RFAs: Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize (United States)

Prize Information

• Three poets will be honored:
  • First place: $1,000
  • second place: $750
  • third place: $500

Eligibility Criteria

• Any poet who meets one of the below criteria on the date of the application deadline, in any given year, is eligible to apply:
• U.S. Citizen
• Resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to the submission deadline, or
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Poets are not eligible to apply if they have studied with the poetry judge in full-time accredited courses within the last three years.
• Current Academy of American Poets staff and Chancellors are not eligible to submit.

Application Requirements

• Poets may submit only one (1) poem for consideration.
• The poem submission must be an original work and be previously unpublished.
• The poem submission should not contain any information that would reveal the identity of its author.
• Poems may be submitted in Spanish but must be accompanied by an English translation.
• Performance or Spoken Word poets may submit an audio recording of their submission.
• Entries must be uploaded to Submittable as .doc, .docx, or .pdf files. For entries by Performance or Spoken Word poets, most audio formats are accepted.
• There is no entry fee.
• The Academy of American Poets assumes no responsibility for poems not received due to user error. Applicants may verify the receipt of their submission by logging into Submittable.
• Applicants may submit poems elsewhere simultaneously but must notify the Academy of American Poets immediately if the poem is accepted for publication by another publisher.
• The Academy of American Poets cannot consider poem revisions during the course of the contest.
• The decisions of the Academy of American Poets as to eligibility are final. The Academy of American Poets reserves the right to withhold the prize in any given year.

For more information, visit Academy of American Poets.