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Poetry foundation | 2019 fellowship
Photos by Flynn Drew
The winners of the 2019 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are: Franny Choi, Jane Huffman, José Olivarez, Justin Phillip Reed, and Michael Wasson. 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the fellowship program, which has honored 89 writers thus far. Each winner was selected from 1,573 submissions, and each poet receives a $25,800 prize. Making the fellowships among the largest and most prestigious awards available for young poets in the United States.