Programs

  • Program 1 [2018]

    PUBLIC PROGRAMS:EACH YEAR THE PSA PRESENTS A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PUBLIC POETRY EVENTS IN CITIES INCLUDING LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, SAN FRANCISCO, WASHINGTON, DC, AND OTHERS. PROGRAMS RANGE IN SIZE FROM INTIMATE READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH ONE OR TWO POETS TO LARGE SCALE EVENTS ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS. PSA PROGRAMS ARE LARGELY FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. PSA FREQUENTLY PARTNERS WITH LOCAL MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITIES, LOCAL ART ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER NONPROFITS, TO CREATE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENGAGE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND THE ARTISTS AND POETS WHO CALL THEM HOME. OUR EVENTS RANGE FROM READINGS AND CONVERSATIONS AT UNIVERSITIES TO "POETRY WALKS" CURATED TO COMPLIMENT EVERY MAJOR EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN AND SEEN BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. PAST YEARS HAVE HAD CORNERSTONE NATIONAL SERIES EVENTS WITH READINGS AND DISCUSSIONS PLANNED AROUND ONE THEME OR ISSUE.
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $179.4K

  • Program 2 [2018]

    PSA EMERGING WRITERS CHAPBOOK FELLOWSHIP:EACH YEAR, PSA AWARDS 4 EMERGING WRITERS A FELLOWSHIP DESIGNED TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD THROUGH EDITORIAL SUPPORT, PUBLICATION, EXPOSURE, AND AN INTRODUCTION INTO THE LITERARY COMMUNITY. WINNERS ARE SELECTED BY DISTINGUISHED POETS, AND PSA STAFF WORK WITH THEM TO EDIT AND ARRANGE THEIR POEMS INTO A 20-30 PAGE CHAPBOOK, WHICH IS PRINTED IN AN EDITION OF 500. THE VOLUMES CONTAIN AN INTRODUCED BY THE SELECTING JUDGE. THE BOOKS ARE LAUNCHED AT A PUBLIC READING AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE CHAPBOOK IN NEW YORK CITY. FOUNDED IN 2003, THIS PROGRAM HAS NOW INTRODUCED 52 NEW VOICES.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $51.1K

  • Program 3 [2018]

    POETRY IN MOTION:SINCE 1992, POETRY IN MOTION HAS PLACED POEMS IN TRANSIT SYSTEMS OF CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, HELPING TO CREATE A NATIONAL READERSHIP FOR BOTH EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED POETS, TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES' EXPOSURE TO THE ART ON A DAILY BASIS, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS AND DEEPEN APPRECIATION OF THE ART FORM. POETRY IN MOTION IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND WELL KNOWN LITERARY PROGRAMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND HAS BEEN WIDELY REPLICATED. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE VIEWING POEMS EVERY DAY ON TRANSIT SYSTEMS IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED AT AROUND 7 MILLION.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2017 – Jun 30, 2018
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $74.6K