Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets

The Bucknell Seminar for Undergraduate Poets, the Stadler Center's renowned summer poetry program, recently celebrated its fortieth anniversary. Each June the Seminar brings together a cohort of promising undergraduate poets from across the country for a week of reading, writing, and discussion under the guidance of established faculty poets. BSUP alumni include Ilya Kaminsky, Donika Kelly, Ted Genoways, Mary Szybist, Jane Wong, Kevin Young and other luminaries of the American poetry community.

Accepted applicants receive free tuition, lodging, meals, and a travel stipend. Undergraduates at U.S. colleges and universities who will complete their sophomore, junior, or senior year in the year of application are eligible to apply. The Seminar is currently directed by Jessica Nirvana Ram, the Center's Publicity & Outreach Manager and author of the poetry collection Earthly Gods.

Please watch our website for announcements on BSUP 2026.