Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship

Award Amount
Application deadline
Awarded By:

Amy Lowell Organization

Number of Awards & Eligibility: The 2020-2021 Scholarship award will be approximately $60,500, adjusted for inflation. The winner will be notified by the end of March of the year for which the Scholarship is awarded.
In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:
  1. Must be a poet born in the U.S.
  2. Must have an interest in poetry.

In order to qualify, students must meet the following criteria:

Description: The American poet Amy Lowell died in 1925. In her will she established an annual scholarship to support travel abroad for gifted American-born poets. The scholarship is administered by the Trustees under her will at the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more and apply today!

Application requirements for the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship are:

  • Application form.
Additional Information: Any poet born in the U.S. who is able and willing to spend one year outside the continent of North America can apply. There is no age requirement, and there is no requirement that applicants be enrolled in a university or other education program. While many recent winners have been published poets, there is no requirement that applicants have previously published their work.

Award Amount: Up to two awards of $30,250 each or one award of $60,500.  The total dollars awarded for this scholarship is $30,250.

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Thursday, October 15

Deadline Information:

Deadline for this scholarship is Thursday, October 15

Applicants must obtain a form through the provider website. The sample submitted must consist of either (1) up to 40 typed pages or (2) a printed volume of your poetry and no more than 20 additional typed pages. Must be received by the firm Choate, Hall & Stewart by mail
About Amy Lowell Organization:
Contact Information: Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship, Gina Coleti, Choate, Hall & Stewart
Address: Two International Place Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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