Whether you write poetry, read poetry, or simply want to widen your literary horizons, the Poetry Society of America has readings, seminars, and competitions intended to challenge and inspire. W. H. Auden, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Marianne Moore and Wallace Stevens were among the original members who envisioned a society that would not only be a local meeting place for poets, but a center from which a national poetry renaissance would emerge. Current members, such as John Ashbery, Rita Dove, Kimiko Hahn, Brenda Hillman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Sharon Olds, Robert Pinsky and Adrienne Rich carry on their great tradition—and so can you.

Special Centennial Membership Levels

 

Membership Levels (check desired box)

I Support Poetry

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Yes.

I would like to make a tax-deductible gift to the Poetry Society of America to help keep PSA  programs in motion.  

$45 Member

  • PSA  "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin
  • Entry Fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day."    


     
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    At this level your entire gift is tax-deductible.

$25 Student

(with valid Student ID)

  • PSA  "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin
  • Entry Fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day."

    At this level your entire gift is tax-deductible.

$65 Supporter

  • PSA  "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin
  • Entry Fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day." 
  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." tote bag.

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    At this level $55 is tax-deductible.

$100 Sustainer

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day."
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.

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            At this level $75 is tax-deductible.

            

$250 Patron

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day." 
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.
  • A copy of Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box:Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, signed by the editor Alice Quinn.
  
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At this level $165 is tax-deductible.
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The Centennial Circle

We are pleased to announce new Membership Levels to celebrate our Centennial Anniversary.

$500 Centennial Friend

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day." 
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.
  • A copy of Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box:Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, signed by the editor Alice Quinn.
  • Copies of winning books by recipients of the Norma Farber First Book Award (Richard Deming's Let's Not Call it Consequence) and the William Carlos Williams Award (Linda Gregg's All of It Singing).

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    At this level $400 is tax-deductible.

$1000 Centennial Angel

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for  PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day." 
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.
  • A copy of Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box:Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, signed by the editor Alice Quinn.
  • Copies of winning books by recipients of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.
  • Limited edition, signed Poetry in Motion poster.

    At this level $900 is tax-deductible.

$2000 Centennial Sponsor

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for PSA Annual Awards.
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day."
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.
  • A copy of Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box:Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, signed by the editor Alice Quinn.
  • Copies of winning books by recipients of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.
  • Limited edition, signed Poetry in Motion poster.
  • Invitation to PSA Board of Governor's Annual Awards champagne toast with Frost Medalist and PSA Award-winning poets.

    At this level $1,800 is tax-deductible.

$5000 Centennial Muse

  • PSA "Poetry, I, too, like it." lapel pin.
  • Entry fee waived for  PSA Annual Awards. 
  • A chapbook of Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day."
  • PSA"Poetry, I too, like it." tote bag.
  • The four winning volumes of the PSA's 2009 Chapbook Fellowship Program, as selected by Mark Doty, Linda Gregg, Cole Swensen and Arthur Sze.
  • A copy of Edgar Allan Poe & the Juke-Box:Uncollected Poems, Drafts, and Fragments by Elizabeth Bishop, signed by the editor Alice Quinn.
  • Copies of winning books by recipients of the Norma Farber First Book Award and the William Carlos Williams Award.
  • Limited edition, signed Poetry in Motion poster.
  • Invitation to PSA Board of Governor's Annual Awards champagne toast with Frost Medalist and PSA Award-winning poets.
  • Invitation to a dinner at the home of Alice Quinn with celebrated poets.

    At this level $4,700 is tax-deductible.