Josh Weiner Wins the “Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship”

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Josh Weiner has just won the Amy Lowell Traveling Scholarship in honor and support of his poetic work.  This is an exciting opportunity to travel, as the award demands that the winning poet spend a full year in the out-of -country location that is “best suited to advance the art of poetry as practiced by him.”  The terms of the award are taken directly from Amy Lowell’s will, and the criteria are “American birth,” “good standing,” and “able promise.”  Though the terms are simply worded, the award is incredibly selective and the committee receives applications from all over the US.  Lowell specified that the committee be made up of “one member of the English Department of Harvard University and of two poets of recognized standing (preference being given to those of progressive literary tendencies) and of the trustees themselves who collectively shall count as one.”  The terms of her will are fascinating and they are available here.

So many congratulations to Josh!  (Big world, big decision.)