The Arnold Greenfield Financial Aid program now provides four full, need-based awards to community members to cover tuition for a course offered through the Poetry Center's Classes & Workshops program. Four full awards are awarded each term (fall, spring, and summer). The Poetry Center is grateful for this generous financial support of poets and writers in our Southern Arizona community.

Any community member with financial need is eligible to apply with the exception of Poetry Center employees and interns. The award must be used during the season for which it was conferred. You need only attest to financial need: i.e., the inability to pay a course's tuition without financial strain. Financial aid is awarded by lottery and may be applied to any course a recipient wishes.

Four qualified applicants are selected at random and notified, by email or telephone, in advance of the course's open registration date. At that time they will be manually enrolled in the courses they choose. Applicants not selected will also receive notification in advance of course registration.

Descriptions and dates of Summer 2025 courses are available here: https://poetry.arizona.edu/education/community-workshops/current-offerings