Awards and Honors
- Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress (later the post would be called "Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress"): William Carlos Williams appointed this year (but did not serve).
- Bollingen Prize: Marianne Moore
- Frost Medal: Carl Sandburg
- National Book Award for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems
- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Marianne Moore, Collected Poems
- King's Gold Medal for Poetry: Andrew Young
- Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets: Padraic Colum
- Canada: Governor General's Award, poetry or drama: Towards the Last Spike, E.J. Pratt
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