Poetry Awards and Honors

Alpha Phi Kappa, the National Honorary Society for the Creative Arts at Smith College, recognizes exceptional talent in the artistic community. Vinni Marie D'Ambrosio has garnered multiple poetry honors throughout her career, including the First Prize from the Academy of American Poets at New York University and several First Prizes from Pen & Brush. She was also awarded the Christopher Morley Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of America and received two Finalist Poetry Prizes from the Bordighera Italian American Writers Association. D'Ambrosio's esteemed accolades extend to her time as Poet-in-Residency at San Diego State University and as a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, where she honed her craft. Her contributions have not gone unnoticed, as she has earned several First Prizes from the New York Poetry Forum and the prestigious American Association of University Women Educational Foundation Award.