Future Poet Competitors

Mission: The Poetry Foundation transforms lives through the power of words. Our work aims to amplify poetry and celebrate poets by fostering spaces for all to create, experience, and share poetry.

The Academy of American Poets is the nation's largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Headquartered in New York City and with members in all 50 states and beyond, the organization produces Poets.org, the world’s largest publicly funded website for poets and poetry; originated and organizes National Poetry Month; publishes the popular Poem-a-Day series and American Poets magazine; creates and distributes Teach This Poem and other award-winning resources for K-12 educators; hosts an annual series of poetry readings and special events, including a gala reading in April; and awards the American Poets Prizes and Fellowships. In addition, the Academy of American Poets coordinates a national Poetry Coalition working together to promote the value poets bring to our culture and the important contribution poetry makes in the lives of people of all ages and backgrounds.

Button Publishing, Inc. is a multimedia publishing company focused on the production, distribution, and promotion of performance poetry. Button seeks to broaden poetry’s audience, to expand its reach and develop a greater level of cultural appreciation for the art form. Using multiple media formats, Button is able to build new and powerful markets for poetry, humor, and storytelling and drive publicity for books using video and social media, and has collected over 500 million views worldwide. Button’s origins date back to 2010, but the company was officially founded in 2017. Button’s staff is a small team based in downtown Minneapolis but with small satellite offices around the country. We operate a casual and friendly workspace. We are currently growing and restructuring, as we settle into the Twin Cities business and literary communities.