Awards

The Poetry Center offers the following awards for each academic year:


The Poetry Center Book Award
The annual Poetry Center Book Award has been given by The Poetry Center, based at San Francisco State University, since 1980 to a single outstanding book of poetry. more...

The Audre Lorde Creative Writing Award
This award will be given to a student writer currently enrolled at San Francisco State University whose work, in its artistry, expresses a social conscience. more...

Academy of American Poets Award
The Poetry Center is pleased to sponsor The Academy of American Poets/Harold Taylor Prize at San Francisco State University. Founded in 1955 with ten schools, more...

The Frances Jaffer Poetry Prize
Initiated in memory of the late poet Frances Jaffer, the annual Jaffer prize is given to an undergraduate student in Creative Writing at SFSU on the basis of the student’s outstanding innovative work in poetry.  more...

San Francisco Browning Society Award
The San Francisco Browning Society Award is open to SFSU Creative Writing Students. All entries must be original, unpublished Dramatic Monologues. more...





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