The Robert Creeley Foundation celebrates the legacy of Robert Creeley and the winners of the Robert Creeley Award.
The Robert Creeley Foundation celebrates the legacy of Robert Creeley and the winners of the Robert Creeley Award.
Acton rediscovered Creeley’s connection to the town through his chance meeting with Acton resident and poet Robert Clawson in late 2000. On April 11, 2001, Creeley returned to Acton to read to and interact with students in the Acton Boxborough Regional High School. Acton officially proclaimed this day to be “Robert Creeley Day,” and thus began the annual awarding of the “Robert Creeley Award.” Each year, the award winning poet reads to a community audience and a student audience.
Helen Creeley is Robert Creeley's late sister. Like her brother, she was an award winning poet. The Helen Creeley Prize honors two Massachusetts High School students each year: one from ABRHS, and another from the surrounding schools. You can enter your poetry here if you meet submission requirements.