About Foundation

The Robert Creeley Foundation celebrates the legacy of Robert Creeley and the winners of the Robert Creeley Award.

Robert Creeley

Robert Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an award winning poet who grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. His poetry carries great emotional power and distinctive style.

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2/23/10 and 3/3/10, 7:30 pm, Acton Memorial Library: Lectures by William Corbett and Christopher Sawyer-Lauçanno.
3/16/10, 10th Robert Creeley Award Reading by Gary Snyder, ABRHS Auditorium, 7:30 pm
3/17/10, For ABRHS Students: Reading by Gary Snyder and Helen Creeley student poets.

2010 Winner

Submitted by admin on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 15:23

The 2010 winner of the Robert Creeley Award is Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder.

He will read on March 16, 2010 at 7:30pm, in the Acton-Boxborough High School auditorium.

Read his biography here.

The 2010 winners of the Helen Creeley Award are Andy Vo from Boston Latin and Melanie Wang from Wayland High School.