Miami University offers two prestigious Academy of American Poets prizes of $100 each for an undergraduate and a graduate student: the Harris S. Abrahams Poetry Prize (undergraduate) and the Betty Jane Abrahams Memorial Poetry Prize (graduate).

Winning poets under 23 years of age will be considered for the $1000 Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award.

• All majors can apply.
• Submit a single Microsoft Word document of no more than five (5) pages and containing up to two (2) poems.
• Ensure that your name does not appear in the document or in the filename.
• Upload the document via the Academy of American Poets Prize Submission Form before the deadline March 3, 2026.

For more information, please contact Prof. Cathy Wagner