Awards American Academy of Arts and Letters

2003 – leon botstein
2008 – judith jamison

other awards

the academy gives out numerous awards, recipients chosen committees made of academy members. candidates awards must nominated academy members, except richard rodgers awards, application may submitted.

academy award of american academy of arts , letters – in 1941 academy established awards encourage creative work in arts. $7500 each, academy awards given annually: 5 artists, 8 writers, 4 composers, , 3 architects.
marc blitzstein award – $5,000 award given periodically composer, lyricist, or librettist, encourage creation of works of merit musical theater , opera . award established in 1965 friends of marc blitzstein, academy member.
michael braude award light verse – $5,000 biennial award given light verse written in english regardless of country of origin of writer .
arnold w. brunner memorial prize – annual prize of $5,000 goes architect of nationality has made contribution architecture art .
benjamin h. danks award – $20,000 award given in rotation composer of ensemble works, playwright, , writer (fiction, non-fiction, poetry). since 2002 academy has administered prize established roy lyndon danks in honor of father, benjamin hadley danks.
jimmy ernst award – established dallas ernst in memory of husband, jimmy ernst award of $5,000 given painter or sculptor lifetime contribution or vision has been both consistent , dedicated . award has been presented annually since 1990.
e. m. forster award – e.m. forster, foreign honorary member of academy, bequeathed u.s. royalties of posthumous novel maurice christopher isherwood, transferred them academy establish $15,000 award. given young english writer extended visit united states.
american academy of arts , letters gold medals – each year academy awards gold medals distinguished achievement in 2 categories in rotation. gold medal given entire work of recipient.

belles lettres, criticism, essays , painting;
biography , music;
fiction , sculpture;
history , architecture, including landscape architecture;
poetry , music;
drama , graphic art.


walter hinrichsen award – walter hinrichsen award given publication of work mid-career american composer.
william dean howells medal – award given once every 5 years in recognition of distinguished american novel published during period. established in 1925.
the charles ives prize – 6 scholarships of $7500 , 2 fellowships of $15,000 given annually young composers. in 1998, academy established charles ives living, award of $75,000 year period of 3 years given american composer. award s purpose free promising talent need devote or time employment other music composition during period.
sue kaufman prize first fiction – $5,000 prize given best published first novel or collection of short stories in preceding year.
wladimir , rhoda lakond award – annual award of $5,000 given either composition student or experienced composer .
goddard lieberson fellowships – 2 goddard lieberson fellowships of $15,000 given annually young composers of extraordinary gifts. cbs foundation endowed fellowships in memory of late president of cbs records.
russell loines award poetry
american academy of arts , letters award of merit – award of merit, medal , $10,000, given each year, in rotation, outstanding person in america representing 1 of following arts: painting, short story, sculpture, novel, poetry, , drama.
metcalf awards – in 1986, academy received bequest addison m. metcalf, son of late member willard l. metcalf, 2 awards honor young writers , artists of great promise. willard l. metcalf award in art , addison m. metcalf award in literature biennial awards of $10,000.
katherine anne porter award – biennial award of $20,000 goes prose writer has demonstrated achievements , dedication literary profession.
arthur rense prize – in 1998, $20,000 award established honor exceptional poet once every third year.
richard rodgers awards musical theater – these awards subsidize full productions, studio productions, , staged readings of musicals put on nonprofit theaters in new york city. plays composers , writers not established in field. these awards academy accepts applications.
rome prize in literature – every year academy selects , partly subsidizes 2 young writers one-year residence @ american academy in rome.
richard , hinda rosenthal foundation awards – each of these 2 awards $5,000. first, established in 1956, fiction work of considerable literary achievement published in previous year. second, created in 1959, young painter has not yet been accorded due recognition .
medal spoken language – medal, awarded time time, recognizes individuals set standard of excellence in use of spoken language.
the mildred , harold strauss livings – these livings provide annual stipend of $50,000 year 5 years, awarded 2 writers of english prose literature enable them devote time exclusively writing.
harold d. vursell memorial award – $10,000 award given each year honor writer of recent prose merits recognition quality of style .
morton dauwen zabel award – $10,000 biennial award given in rotation poet, writer of fiction, or critic, of progressive, original, , experimental tendencies .




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^ van gelder, lawrence. arts, briefly: american academy picks caro , trillin, new york times. april 17, 2008.
^ jimmy ernst award . american academy of arts , letters. archived original on september 14, 2010. retrieved october 7, 2010. 
^ hetrick, adam. richard rodgers awards honor cheer wars , rosa parks musicals , playbill.com, march 12, 2009