We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2026 Poetry Fellowship: Siew Hii of Orlando, Florida. She is the author of Entered Some Aliens (University of Wisconsin Press, 2026) and teaches creative writing at the University of Central Florida. Hii will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and read at the August 29 Silo City Reading Series event.
Applications for the 2026 JB Poetry Fellowship are officially open as of today, December 15, 2025!
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2025 Poetry Fellowship: Nabila Lovelace of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Their first book Sons of Achilles is available from YesYes Books. Lovelace will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and read at the August 30 Silo City Reading Series event.
Applications for the 2025 JB Poetry Fellowship are officially open as of today, January 1, 2025!
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2024 Poetry Fellowship: Diana Cao of Boston, MA. Cao will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the August 31 Silo City Reading Series event.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2023 Poetry Fellowship: Ae Hee Lee. Lee will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the August Silo City Reading Series event.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2022 Poetry Fellowship: Ashia Ajani of Denver, CO. Ajani will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the Aug. 27 Silo City Reading Series event.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2021 Poetry Fellowship: Porsha Olayiwola of Boston, MA. Olayiwola will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the Aug. 28 Silo City Reading Series event.
We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2020 Poetry Fellowship: Keith S. Wilson. Wilson will visit Buffalo this August for a writing residency and perform at the August Silo City Reading Series event.