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Existing techniques for feedback control design are either restricted to linear systems, rely on discretizations of the state space, or require solving a nonconvex optimization problem that requires feasible initialization. This paper presents a method for designing feedback controllers for polynomial systems that maximize the size of the time-limited backwards reachable set (BRS). In contrast to traditional approaches based on Lyapunov\u2019s criteria for stability, we rely on the notion of occupation measures to pose this problem as an infinite-dimensional linear program which can then be approximated in finite dimension via semidefinite programs (SDPs). The solution to each SDP yields a polynomial control policy and an outer approximation of the largest achievable BRS which is well suited for use in a trajectory library or feedback motion planning algorithm. We demonstrate the efficacy and scalability of our approach on six nonlinear systems. 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