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George Albon is centered and directly faces the camera. He is in sharp focus against a soft outdoor backdrop with greenery, wearing a dark sweater and blue-framed glasses, his hands clasped together in front of him.

Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry

Raquel Gutiérrez is centered and directly faces the camera, standing outdoors at night in a softly lit urban setting. She wears a navy button-up shirt and green pants, her hands casually in her pockets. The background is blurred, with subtle hints of storefronts and streetlights.

Raquel Gutiérrez

Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry

Layli Long-Soldier sits on a couch looking straight ahead. She gazes down at the camera, with her chin resting on one hand. She wears a black, patterned shirt, white cuff on each arm, long earlings, and glasses. In the background, there is framed artwork against a beige wall.

Layli Long Soldier

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2025
Poetry

Khadijah Queen gazes at the camera, her body turned to the right, her hair blows with the wind. She wears pointed glasses, bright jewelry, and a navy blouse, and appears in front of a blurred background with greenery.

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2025
Poetry

Mary Ruefle gazes up at the camera, shrugging her shoulders. She wears a navy blue suit and a white button down. Her hands clasped, she stands against green velvet curtains under a bright light.

Grants to Artists, 2025
Poetry

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram is turned and looking towards their right. She is in sharp focus against a dark gray backdrop, wearing a high collared black coat.

Lillian-Yvonne Bertram

Grants to Artists, 2024
Poetry

A black and white photo of aj carruthers facing the camera with his gaze looking upwards. Only his face is visible in an otherwise dark space, brows slightly furrowed.

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2024
Poetry

Saretta Morgan stands in a corner between a large framed art piece and a dark gray reflective panel. She smiles looking directly at the camera with her upper body braced on her elbows as she leans forward, her hands in front of her. She is wearing a solid black long sleeved boat neck shirt, black jeans, and a blue and white beaded necklace.

Grants to Artists, 2024
Poetry

Hoa Nguyen stands before a green concrete surface with red and green ivy behind her and growing on a wooden lattice in the background to the right. Her face is turned and she smiles to the right while her body faces the camera. Her right arm is by her side while her left hand holds the strap of the shoulder bag on her left shoulder. She is wearing a blue coat, open over a black blouse with a beaded checkered pattern and black, hanging, teardrop-shaped accent beads. She wears a dark gray fingerless glove and carries a black leather bag with a leather chain link strap.

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2024
Poetry

Rosa Alcalá is in the center of the image, smiling. Framing her face are pieces of paper fastened to a clothesline with a red clothespin. She wears a red patterned sleeveless top.

Grants to Artists, 2023
Poetry

Kyle Dacuyan

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2023
Poetry

Tonya M. Foster

Tonya M. Foster

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2023
Poetry

Claire Hong

Grants to Artists, 2023
Poetry

Simone White sits in a windowsill looking calmly into the camera. She wears round glasses, earrings, and an off-the-shoulder black t-shirt featuring Tupac Shakur.

Dorothea Tanning Award, 2023
Poetry

Portrait of Kay Ulanday Barrett standing and speaking into a microphone. They wear a grey blazer, round glasses, and have short black hair. A transgender flag and a queer pride flag hang from the wall behind them.

Kay Ulanday Barrett

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2022
Poetry

A portrait of Monica de la Torre, smiling and standing in front of a brick wall with her hands at her hips. She has short grey hair and wears a black blazer, an orange and red abstract patterned shirt, and a silver watch.

Mónica de la Torre

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2022
Poetry

A portrait of Cedar Sigo, smiling, against a red background. He wears a white shirt and has short, dark hair.

Grants to Artists, 2022
Poetry

A black and white portrait of Marcella Durand with shoulder-length wavy hair tousled to one side, wearing thin-framed glasses and a black collared shirt.

Marcella Durand

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2021
Poetry

A portrait of Willie Perdomo in front of a red brick wall. He is clad in a black leather jacket with black-framed glasses adorning his eyes.

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2021
Poetry

Indran Amirthanayagam

Indran Amirthanayagam

Grants to Artists, 2020
Poetry

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2020
Poetry

A portrait of LaTasha Diggs wearing a yellow and blue headpiece and a black button up, smiling towards the camera.

LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2020
Poetry

Portrait of Amy Gerstler short curly dark auburn hair, dressed in a black shirt and black thick framed glasses.

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2019
Poetry

Close up portrait of Douglas Kearney with a black scarf surrounding the neck, black thick framed glasses and a beard.

Douglas Kearney

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2019
Poetry

Grayscale prortrait of a smiling Stacy Szymaszek with a pixie haircut, button up shirt and thick framed glasses.

Stacy Szymaszek

Grants to Artists, 2019
Poetry

Close up portrait of Anne Boyer with brown straight hair, a side swept bang and green eyes, wearing a yellow scarf.

Cy Twombly Award for Poetry, 2018
Poetry

A black and white portrait of Fred Moten, staring at the camera with a graying beard.

Roy Lichtenstein Award, 2018
Poetry

Portrait of Lisa Robertson sitting on a chair wearing a dark green sweater and blue glasses with her long grey hair back in a ponytail. Her hands are mid-motion as though she is orating.

C.D. Wright Award for Poetry, 2018
Poetry

Image of Anselm Berrigan in jeans and a black coat looking up sideways while holding a tiger plushie in their pocket.

Anselm Berrigan

Grants to Artists, 2017
Poetry

Liz Waldner

Dorothea Tanning Award, 2017
Poetry

Renee Gladman looks down and writes on a paper in a candlelit space.

Grants to Artists, 2016
Poetry

Grants to Artists, 2015
Poetry

Tony Towle

Grants to Artists, 2015
Poetry

Close up portrait of Ted Greenwald wearing thin rectangular glasses and resting his head in his hand.

Grants to Artists, 2014
Poetry

Eileen Myles

Grants to Artists, 2014
Poetry

A black and white portrait of Dahlen Beverly in front of blurred foliage. She has short white hair and wears thin wire glasses, a black barrette and a white collared shirt.

Grants to Artists, 2013
Poetry

Grants to Artists, 2013
Poetry

A black and white portrait of Jack Collom in front of a blurred hallway. He has short curly hair and a mustache and is wearing a collared jacket.

Grants to Artists, 2012
Poetry

A portrait of Tan Lin against a shiny reflective white wall. He has short black hair and wears black glasses and a black shirt.

Grants to Artists, 2012
Poetry

A side angled portrait of Katie Peterson in front of a bare tree and grass filled plain. She has medium length light brown hair and wears a multi-colored floral shirt and an orange and red paisley patterned scarf.

Grants to Artists, 2011
Poetry

A black and white close up portrait of Michael Gizzi in front of a blurred, spotted background. Dappled light shines on the right side of his face as he looks out into the distance.

Grants to Artists, 2010
Poetry

A black and white portrait of John Godfrey in front of two doors. He has short white hair which is parted in the middle and wears frame-less glasses, a white and black patterned button up shirt, and a jacket with epaulettes.

Grants to Artists, 2009
Poetry

A portrait of David Meltzer performing in front of a wall of bookshelves. He wears a blue sweater, multicolored knit hat, a multicolored scarf, and thin circular glasses. In front of him, there is a music stand and a microphone.

Grants to Artists, 2009
Poetry

A portrait of Charles North sitting on a bench in front of a grassy plot and a blurred pink building. He has short grey hair and wears brown glasses, a blue shirt, and a grey suit jacket.

Grants to Artists, 2008
Poetry

A portrait of Elizabeth Robinson in front of a grey brick wall. She has short brown hair which is swept to the side and wears a multicolored scarf.

Elizabeth Robinson

Grants to Artists, 2008
Poetry

A side angle portrait of Rae Armantrout in front of a microphone, reading something off of a piece of paper. She has short blonde hair and wears dangling beaded earrings, wire rimmed glasses, and a textured white button down shirt. A few charcoal portraits hang on the wall behind her.

Grants to Artists, 2007
Poetry

A portrait of Nathaniel Mackey in front of a grey wall. He looks directly at the camera and has his hand lifted by his mouth. He has shoulder length hair and wears wire rimmed glasses and a brown sweater.

Nathaniel Mackey

Grants to Artists, 2007
Poetry

A portrait of Norma Cole in front of a filled bookshelf. She has shoulder length brown hair and wears orange glasses, a purple scarf, and a black jacket.

Grants to Artists, 2006
Poetry