Arao Ameny
Poet of the Week (Brooklyn Poets)
Published in World Literature Today
(website under construction) araoameny.com
Winner of the 2020 James Olney Award
a finalist for the Brunel International African Poetry Prize
Winner of a full Brooklyn Poets Fellowship
Poetry Reading at the United Nations' public policy forum
UNITED NATIONS: Conversation with innovators - Elizabeth Kperrun, Marie Christina Kolo & Mahamadou Kone, moderated by Arao Ameny
Fellow at Women's National Book Association (WNBA)'s Authentic Voices program
Featured in Open Country Magazine (literature news)
Highlighted in United Nation's Africa Renewal magazine: "African migrants keen to retain their cultural values abroad"
Featured in Brittle Paper ( literary magazine for readers of African Literature)
Text of "Home is a Woman", winner of The Southern Review's 2020 James Olney Award on the United Nations website
2020-2021 Poetry Out Loud Judge
