Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Scholarship for International Students 2023

The American poet Amy Lowell died in 1925. Her will 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. The Trustees welcome applicants from all ethnic backgrounds to apply, as they strive to support and encourage a diverse group of poets.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must be citizens of the United States by virtue either of birth within the United States or of birth outside the United States to a U.S. citizen parent.
• Any poet of American birth who is able and willing to spend one year outside the continent of North America.
• There is no age requirement, and there is no requirement that applicants be enrolled in a university or other education programme.
• While many recent winners have been published poets, there is no requirement that applicants have previously published their work.

Benefits

• The 2023-2024 Scholarship award will be approximately $66,500, adjusted for inflation. If there are two winners, each will receive the full amount. This is a poetry contest. The money won is generally spent on travel and living expenses.

How to Apply