Recent Winners

January/February 2012

Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Award Series
Four writers won the 2011 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Award Series prizes. Laura Read of Spokane won the $5,000 Donald Hall Prize in Poetry. Her collection, Instructions for My Mother’s Funeral, selected by Dorianne Laux, will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Corinna Vallianatos of Claremont, California, won the $5,000 Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction. Her collection, My Escapee, selected by Jhumpa Lahiri, will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press. Kirstin Scott of Salt Lake City won the $2,000 Award Series in the Novel. Her book, Motherlunge, selected by Don Lee, will be published by New Issues Poetry & Prose. Marcia Aldrich of Okemos, Michigan, won the $2,000 Award Series in Creative Nonfiction. Her book Companion to an Untold Story, selected by Susan Orlean, will be published by the University of Georgia Press. The annual prizes are given for books of poetry, fiction, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. (See Deadlines.)
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, Award Series, Carty House, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444. (703) 993-4301.
chronicle@awpwriter.org
www.awpwriter.org/contests/series.htm

Binghamton University
John Gardner Fiction Book Award
Jonathan Franzen of New York City won the 2011 John Gardner Fiction Book Award for his novel Freedom (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010). He received $1,000. The annual award is given for a novel or a short story collection published in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Binghamton University, John Gardner Fiction Book Award, Creative Writing Program, Department of English, General Literature, and Rhetoric, Library North Room 1149, Vestal Parkway East, P.O. Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-6000. Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Director.
mgillan@mail.binghamton.edu           
english.binghamton.edu/cwpro

Blue Metropolis
Literary Grand Prix
Amitav Ghosh of Goa, India, and New York City won the 2011 Literary Grand Prix. Ghosh, whose most recent novel is River of Smoke (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011), received $10,000. The annual award is given to honor a writer of international reputation for a lifetime of literary achievement. There is no application process.
Blue Metropolis, 661 Rose de Lima Street, Montreal QC H4C 2L7, Canada. (514) 932-1112.
info@bluemetropolis.org
www.bluemetropolis.org

Boulevard
Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets
Hallie Rundle of New Orleans won the 2011 Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets for a group of poems. She received $1,000, and her poems will be published in Boulevard. The editors judged. The annual prize is given for a group of poems by a poet who has not published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press. The next deadline is June 1.
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Julia Elliott of Cayce, South Carolina, won the 2010 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers for “Shooting the Horses.” She received $1,500, and her story was published in the Fall 2011 issue of Boulevard. The editors judged. The annual prize is given for a short story by a writer who has not published a book with a nationally distributed press. The next deadline is December 31.
Boulevard, P.O. Box 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. (314) 862-2643. Richard Burgin, Editor.
www.boulevardmagazine.org

Bright Hill Press
Poetry Book Competition
Ryan Browne of Madison, Wisconsin, won the 16th annual Bright Hill Press Poetry Book Competition for Outside Come In. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Bright Hill Press. Neil Shepard judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is November 30.
Bright Hill Press, Poetry Book Competition, P.O. Box 193, Treadwell, NY 13846. (607) 829-5055. Bertha Rogers, Editor.
wordthur@stny.rr.com
www.brighthillpress.org

Brown University
International Writers Project Fellowship
Poet Pegah Ahmadi of Iran won the 2011–2012 International Writers Project Fellowship. She received $45,000, funds for relocation to the United States, living expenses, and an office on the Brown University campus for ten months. The annual fellowship, sponsored by the Literary Arts Department and the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies, is given to an established international poet or fiction writer “who is unable to practice free expression at home.” (See Deadlines.)
Brown University, International Writers Project Fellowship, Literary Arts Department, P.O. Box 1923, Providence, RI 02912. (401) 863-3260. Lori Baker, Contact.
lori_baker@brown.edu
brown.edu/Departments/Literary_Arts/IWP/index.html

Camber Press
Poetry Chapbook Award
Nicholas Gulig of Bangkok, Thailand, won the sixth annual Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award for West of Center. He received $1,000 and publication of his chapbook by Camber Press. Stuart Dischell judged. The annual prize is given for a poetry chapbook. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Camber Press, Poetry Chapbook Award, 807 Central Avenue, Suite 2, Peekskill, NY 10566. Ron Egatz, Editorial Director.
info@camberpress.com 

www.camberpress.com

Carolina Wren Press
Doris Bakwin Award
Margaret Hermes of St. Louis won the 2010 Doris Bakwin Award for her short story collection, Relative Strangers. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Carolina Wren Press in January. Jill McCorkle judged. The biennial award is given for a novel, a short story collection, or a memoir by a woman. (See Deadlines.)
Carolina Wren Press, Doris Bakwin Award, 120 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701. (919) 560-2738. Andrea Selch, President.
carolinawrenpress@earthlink.net
www.carolinawrenpress.org

Cave Canem Foundation
Poetry Prize
Nicole Terez Dutton of Boston won the 2011 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for If One of Us Should Fall. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the fall. Patricia Smith judged. The annual award is given for a first poetry collection by an African American writer. The next deadline is April 30.
Cave Canem Foundation, Poetry Prize, 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 858-0000.
www.cavecanempoets.org

Converse College
Julia Peterkin Award
Jennifer Davis of Denver won the 2011 Julia Peterkin Award in fiction. She received $1,000 and travel expenses to give a reading at Converse College. The annual award is given in alternating years for a group of poems or a work of fiction. (See Deadlines.)
Converse College, Julia Peterkin Award, Creative Writing Program, 580 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302. (864) 596-9111. Richard Mulkey, Director.
rick.mulkey@converse.edu
www.converse.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/englishcreative-and-professional-writing/creative-writing/p

Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Chang-rae Lee of Princeton, New Jersey, won the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction for his novel The Surrendered (Riverhead Books, 2010), and Wilbert Rideau of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won in nonfiction for his memoir, In the Place of Justice (Knopf, 2010). Each received $10,000. Maaza Mengiste of New York City won the $1,000 runner-up prize in fiction for her novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze (Norton, 2010), and Isabel Wilkerson won the runner-up prize in nonfiction for The Warmth of Other Suns (Random House, 2010). The annual awards are given to honor books published in the previous year that “foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” Fiction writer Barbara Kingsolver of Meadowview, Virginia, won the first Dayton Literary Peace Prize Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Kingsolver, whose most recent novel is The Lacuna (Harper, 2009), received $10,000. The next deadline for the book prize is March 31. There is no application process for the lifetime achievement award.
Dayton Literary Peace Prize, P.O. Box 461, Wright Brothers Branch, Dayton, OH 45409-0461. (937) 298-5072. Sharon Rab, Contact.
sharon.rab@daytonliterarypeaceprize.org
www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org

Dream Horse Press
American Poetry Journal Book Prize
Dan Rosenberg of Athens, Georgia, won the 2011 American Poetry Journal Book Prize for The Crushing Organ. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Dream Horse Press. J. P. Dancing Bear judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Dream Horse Press, American Poetry Journal Book Prize, P.O. Box 2080, Aptos, CA 95001-2080. J. P. Dancing Bear, Editor. dreamhorsepress@yahoo.com
www.dreamhorsepress.com

Finishing Line Press
New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition
Oriana Ivy of San Diego won the New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition for April Snow. She received $1,000, and her chapbook will be published by Finishing Line Press. Leah Maines judged. The award is given annually for a poetry chapbook written by a woman who has not published a book-length collection. (See Deadlines.)
Finishing Line Press, New Women’s Voices Chapbook Competition, P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324.
(859) 514-8966. Chris Kincaid, Editor.
flpbookstore@aol.com
www.finishinglinepress.com

Florida Review
Editors’ Awards
Laura Read of Spokane won the 2011 Editors’ Award in poetry for a group of poems. Renato Escudero of Alameda, California, won the fiction prize for “Barrio de mi Corazón.” Christopher Dickens of Nashville won the creative nonfiction prize for “Resurrections.” They each received $1,000, and their winning works were published in the Winter 2011 issue of Florida Review. The annual awards are given for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. The next deadline is March 17.
Florida Review, Editors’ Awards, English Department, MFA Program, P.O. Box 161346, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1346. Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Editor.
flreview@mail.ucf.edu
floridareview.cah.ucf.edu

Fourth Genre
Michael Steinberg Essay Prize
Jennifer De Leon of Cambridge, Massachusetts, won the 2011 Michael Steinberg Essay Prize for “The White Space.” She received $1,000, and her essay will be published in Fourth Genre. Ryan Van Meter judged. The prize is given annually for an essay. (See Deadlines.)
Fourth Genre, Michael Steinberg Essay Prize, Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures, 235 Bessey Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1033.
genre4@msu.edu
www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg

F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award
Maxine Hong Kingston of Oakland won the 2011 F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Award. Kingston, whose most recent book is I Love a Broad Margin to My Life (Knopf, 2011), received $5,000. The annual award honors the lifetime achievement of a U.S. writer. There is no application process.
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, 111 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850.
www.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/fscott/award_history.htm

Gival Press
Novel Award
Perry Glasser of Haverhill, Massachusetts, won the seventh annual Gival Press Novel Award for Riverton Noir. He received $3,000, and his novel will be published by Gival Press. John Domini judged. The award is given for a novel. The next deadline is May 30.
Gival Press, Novel Award, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. (703) 351-0079. Robert Giron, Editor.
givalpress@yahoo.com
www.givalpress.com

Glimmer Train Press
Short Story Award For New Writers
James Smart of Hull, England, won the Short Story Award for New Writers for “Building Butterflies.” He received $1,200, and his story will be published in the Fall 2012 issue of Glimmer Train Stories. The editors judged. The award is given quarterly for a short story by a writer whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (See Deadlines.)
Glimmer Train Press, Short Story Award for New Writers, 4763 SW Maplewood Road, P.O. Box 80430, Portland, OR 97280. (503) 221-0836. Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies, Coeditors.
www.glimmertrain.org

Grub Street
Poetry Book Prize
Frances McCue of Seattle won the 2011 Poetry Book Prize for The Bled (Factory Hollow Press, 2011). She received $1,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to Boston to give a reading and teach a craft class. Elisa Gabbert judged. The award, which is now biennial, is given to honor a book by a poet living outside New England. The next deadline is October 1, 2013.
Grub Street, Poetry Book Prize, 160 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. (617) 695-0075. Christopher Castellani, Artistic Director.
chris@grubstreet.org
www.grubstreet.org

James Jones Literary Society
First Novel Fellowship
Robert Shuster of Bedford, New York, won the twentieth annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship for his manuscript “To Zenzi.” He received $10,000. Bonnie Culver, Laura Moyer, and Nina Solomon judged. The prize is given annually for a work-in-progress of fiction that “honors the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture exemplified by the late James Jones.” (See Deadlines.)
James Jones Literary Society, First Novel Fellowship, Creative Writing Program, Wilkes University, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766. Bonnie Culver, Program Director.
jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu
www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp

Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission
United States/Japan Creative Artists Residency
Poet Brian Turner of Orlando, Florida, won a United States/Japan Creative Artists Residency. He will receive a five-month residency in Japan, which includes a monthly stipend of 600,000 yen (approximately $7,100) and a travel grant of $6,000. The residency is awarded annually to published U.S. poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. (See Deadlines.)
Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission, United States/Japan Creative Artists Residency, c/o Margaret Mihori, 1201 15th Street NW, Suite 330, Washington, D.C. 20005. (202) 653-9800.
artists@jusfc.gov
www.jusfc.gov/programguidelines.asp

Journal of Experimental Fiction
Kenneth Patchen Award
Carolyn Chun of Wellington, New Zealand, won the 2012 Kenneth Patchen Award for Innovative Fiction for her novel, How to Break Article Noun. She will receive $1,000, and her book will be published by JEF Books/Civil Coping Mechanisms. Yuriy Tarnawsky judged. The award is given annually for an innovative novel. The next deadline is July 31.
Journal of Experimental Fiction, Kenneth Patchen Award, 12 Simpson Street, #D, Geneva, Illinois, 60134. (630) 402-0731. Eckhard Gerdes, Contact.
egerdes@experimentalfiction.com
www.experimentalfiction.com/Kenneth_Patchen_Award.html

Lake Forest College
Madeleine P. Plonsker Residency
Elizabeth Gentry of Knoxville, Tennessee, won the 2012 Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency for her fiction manuscript “Housebound.” She will receive $10,000 and a two-month-long residency at Lake Forest College, and her finished book will be published by &NOW Books, an imprint of Lake Forest College Press. Kate Bernheimer judged. The award, which alternates between poetry and fiction, is given annually for a work-in-progress by a writer under 40 who has not published a book. The next deadline, for poets, is April 1.
Lake Forest College, Madeleine P. Plonsker Residency, English Department, P.O. Box A16, 555 North Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045. (847) 735-5274. Joshua Corey, Contact.
corey@lakeforest.edu
www.lakeforest.edu/academics/programs/english/press/plonsker.php

The Ledge
Fiction Award
Enid Baron of Evanston, Illinois, won the 2011 Ledge Fiction Award for “When Ah Was Very Young.” She received $1,000, and her story will be published in the Ledge. The annual prize is given for a short story. (See Deadlines.)
The Ledge, Fiction Award, 40 Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713. Timothy Monaghan, Publisher.
tkmonaghan@aol.com
www.theledgemagazine.com

MacArthur Foundation
MacArthur Fellowship
Poet Kay Ryan of Fairfax, California, and poet and translator A. E. Stallings of Athens, Greece, won 2011 MacArthur Fellowships. Ryan, whose most recent book is The Best of It: New and Selected Poems (Grove Press, 2010), and Stallings, whose latest collection is Hapax (TriQuarterly Books, 2006), will each receive $500,000 over five years. The annual fellowships are given in a variety of fields to “encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” There is no application process.
MacArthur Foundation, 140 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60603-5285. (312) 726-8000.
www.macfound.org

Man Group
Man Booker Prize for Fiction
Julian Barnes of London won the 2011 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending (Jonathan Cape, 2011). He received £50,000 (approximately $79,400). The finalists, each of whom received £2,500 (approximately $3,970), were Carol Birch of Lancashire, England, for Jamrach’s Menagerie (Canongate, 2011); Patrick deWitt of Portland, Oregon, for The Sisters Brothers (Granta Books, 2011); Esi Edugyan of Victoria, British Columbia, for Half Blood Blues (Serpent’s Tail, 2011); Stephen Kelman of Bedfordshire, England, for Pigeon English (Bloomsbury, 2011); and A. D. Miller of London for Snowdrops (Atlantic Books, 2011). The judges were Matthew d’Ancona, Susan Hill, Chris Mullin, Stella Rimington, and Gaby Wood. Sponsored by the Man Group, a global investment management company, the annual prize is given for a novel published between October 1 of the previous year and September 30 of the award year and written in English by a citizen of the British Commonwealth, the Republic of Ireland, or Zimbabwe. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Man Group, Man Booker Prize for Fiction, c/o Colman Getty, 28 Windmill Street, London W1T 2JJ, England.
www.themanbookerprize.com

Micro Award
Fiction Contest
Kevin Couture of Victoria, British Columbia, won the fourth annual Micro Award for his story “Choosing a Photograph for Mother’s Obituary,” originally published in the Summer 2010 issue of Antigonish Review. He received $500. The judges were Megan Arkenberg, Gay Degani, and Chad Simpson. The prize is given for a work of short fiction published during the previous year. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Micro Award, PSC 817 Box 23, Fleet Post Office, AE 09622-0023. Alan Presley, Contact.
admin@microaward.org
www.microaward.org

Milkweed Editions
Milkweed National Fiction Prize
Danielle Sosin of Duluth won the 2011 Milkweed National Fiction Prize for her novel, The Long-Shining Waters. She received $5,000, and her book was published by Milkweed Editions. The editors judged. The prize is given for a work of fiction accepted for publication by Milkweed Editions by a writer not previously published by the press. There is no application process.
Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Suite 300, Open Book, Minneapolis, MN 55415.
www.milkweed.org

Milton Center
Postgraduate Fellowship
Nicole Miller of New York City won the 2011–2012 Milton Center Postgraduate Fellowship. She received a $16,000 stipend and a nine-month fellowship at the Milton Center on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. The editors of Image judged. The fellowship is given annually to a Christian writer of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction to complete a first book. (See Deadlines.)
Milton Center, Postgraduate Fellowship, 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119. (206) 281-2988. Anna Johnson, Program Director.
miltoncenter@imagejournal.org
www.imagejournal.org/page/fellowships/the-milton-center/postgraduate-fellowship

Mississippi Arts Commission
Literary Artist Fellowships
Creative nonfiction writers Sarah Campbell of Jackson and Julie Cantrell of Oxford each received a $3,900 Literary Arts Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission. The fellowships are given biennially to Mississippi creative nonfiction writers and alternate with fellowships in poetry and fiction. (See Deadlines.)
Mississippi Arts Commission, Literary Artist Fellowships, 501 North West Street, Woolfolk Building, Suite 1101A, Jackson, MS 39201. (601) 359-6529. Diane Williams, Arts Industry Director.
dwilliams@arts.state.ms.us
www.arts.state.ms.us/grants/artist-fellowship.php

Narrative
Narrative Prize
Kevin González of Madison, Wisconsin, won the 2011 Narrative Prize for his stories “Cerromar” and “Christmas Eve.” He received $5,000. The annual prize is given for a poem, a short story, a novel excerpt, or a work of creative nonfiction published in Narrative during the previous year. There is no application process.
Spring Story Contest
Nickolas Butler of Arden Hills, Minnesota, won the 2011 Spring Story Contest for his story “Underneath the Bonfire.” He received $3,250. Jan Ellison of Portola Valley, California, won the $1,500 second-place prize for her story “Second First Night.” Their stories will be published in Narrative. The annual awards are given for short works of fiction or creative nonfiction. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Poetry Contest
Willa Carroll of New York City won the third annual Poetry Contest for “No Final Curtain.” She received $1,500 and publication of her poem in Narrative. The annual award is given for a poem. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Narrative, 2130 Fillmore Street, #233, San Francisco, CA 94115.
www.narrativemagazine.com

National Poetry Series
Open Competition
Five poets won the 2011 National Poetry Series Open Competition. They are Julianne Buchsbaum of Lawrence, Kansas, for With Venom and Wonder, selected by Lucie Brock-Broido and to be published by Penguin Books; Hannah Gamble of Chicago for Your Invitation to a Modest Breakfast, selected by Bernadette Mayer and to be published by Fence Books; Juliana Leslie of Santa Cruz, California, for Green Is for World, selected by Ange Mlinko and to be published by Coffee House Press; Idra Novey of New York City for Exit Civilian, selected by Patricia Smith and to be published by the University of Georgia Press; and Marcus Wicker of Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Maybe the Saddest Thing, selected by D. A. Powell and to be published by HarperCollins. They each received $1,000 and publication of their poetry collections. The National Poetry Series annually publishes poetry manuscripts by U.S. poets through participating trade, university, and small press publishers. (See Deadlines.)
National Poetry Series, Open Competition, 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08540. (609) 430-0999. Stephanie Stio, Coordinator.
www.nationalpoetryseries.org

Nobel Foundation
Nobel Prize in Literature
Poet Tomas Tranströmer of Stockholm, Sweden, won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. Tranströmer, whose most recent book in English is the poetry collection The Sorrow Gondola (Green Integer, 2010), received 10 million kronor (approximately $1.5 million). A committee of the Swedish Academy judged. The annual award is given to a writer who, according to the terms of Alfred Nobel’s will, “shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.” There is no application process.
Nobel Foundation, Sturegatan 14, 10245 Stockholm, Sweden.
info@nobel.se
nobelprize.org

Noemi Press
Book Awards
Erica Anzalone of Las Vegas won the 2011 Noemi Press Book Award for poetry for Samsara. George McCormick of Lawton, Oklahoma, won the award for fiction for his short story collection, Salton Sea. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by Noemi Press. The editors judged. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection and a book-length work of fiction. The next deadline is March 15.
Noemi Press, Book Awards, P.O. Box 1330, Mesilla Park, NM 88047. (575) 650-2288. Carmen Giménez Smith, Publisher.
carmen@noemipress.org
www.noemipress.org

Ohioana Library Association
Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant
Laura Maylene Walter of Lakewood, Ohio, won the 2011 Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant. She received $1,000, and an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, “Opal,” was published in the Summer/Fall 2011 issue of Ohioana Quarterly. The annual prize is given to a prose writer under 30 who has not published a book and is an Ohio native or resident of at least five years. (See Deadlines.)
Ohioana Library Association, Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, 274 East First Avenue, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43201. (614) 466-3831. Linda Hengst, Executive Director.
ohioana@ohioana.org
www.ohioana.org

Omnidawn Publishing
Chapbook Competition
Evan Harrison of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, won the 2011 Omnidawn Chapbook Competition for Sham City. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Omnidawn Publishing. Ben Lerner judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. (See Deadlines.)
Omnidawn Publishing, Chapbook Competition, 1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94590. (510) 237-5472. Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan, Coeditors.
www.omnidawn.com

Passages North
Writing Prizes
Charlotte Muse of Menlo Park, California, won the 2011 Elinor Benedict Prize for Poetry for “Nocturne.” Julie Marie Wade of Louisville, Kentucky, won the Thomas J. Hruska Memorial Nonfiction Prize for her essay “Mrs. Anderson [Or a Study of Apocalypse as an After-School Special].” They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in Issue 32 of Passages North. Henry Hughes judged in poetry, and the editors judged in creative nonfiction. The biennial prizes, which alternate with awards in fiction, are given for a poem and a work of creative nonfiction.
(See Deadlines.)
Passages North, Writing Prizes, English Department, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 49855. Jennifer Howard, Editor.
passages@nmu.edu
www.passagesnorth.com

PEN Northwest
Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency
Poet Justin Gardiner of Asheville, North Carolina, won the 2012 Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency. He received $5,000 and a seven-month residency at the Dutch Henry Homestead in southwestern Oregon. A committee of PEN Northwest members judged. The biennial award is given to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. (See Deadlines.)
PEN Northwest, Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, c/o John Daniel, 23030 West Sheffler Road, Elmira, OR 97437.
johndaniel48@yahoo.com
www.johndaniel-author.net/mdb-res.php

The Pinch
Literary Awards
Claudine Moreau of Burlington, North Carolina, won the 2011 Pinch Poetry Award for “Father-in-Law in His Tighty-Whities.” She received $1,000. Judith Edelman of Nashville won the prize for fiction for “A Skiff of Snow.” She received $1,500. Both of the winning works will be published in the the Spring 2012 issue of the Pinch. Jeffrey McDaniel judged in poetry, and Rick Bass judged in fiction. The annual awards are given for a poem and a short story. (See Deadlines.)
The Pinch, Literary Awards, English Department, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-6167. Kristen Iverson, Editor in Chief. editor@thepinchjournal.com
www.thepinchjournal.com

Rattle
Neil Postman Award for Metaphor
Lauren Schmidt of Lavallette, New Jersey, won the 2011 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for her poem “Why I Am Not a Taxidermist.” She received $500, and her poem was published in Issue 34 of Rattle. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poem “exhibiting the best use of metaphor” among submissions to Rattle received during the previous year. There is no application process.
Rattle, 12411 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604. (818) 505-6777. Timothy Green, Editor.
tim@rattle.com
www.rattle.com/postman.htm

River Styx
International Poetry Contest
Stephen Kampa of Daytona Beach, Florida, won the 2011 River Styx International Poetry Contest for “Small Change.” He received $1,500, and his poem was published in Issue 86 of River Styx. B. H. Fairchild judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is May 31.
River Styx, International Poetry Contest, 3547 Olive Street, Suite 107, St. Louis, MO 63103-1014. Richard Newman, Editor.
bigriver@riverstyx.org
www.riverstyx.org

Roanoke Review
Fiction Contest
Irene Westcott of Elmhurst, Illinois, won the 2010 Roanoke Review Fiction Contest for “Wolves.” She received $1,000 and publication of her story in Roanoke Review. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. 
Roanoke Review, Fiction Contest, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153. Jenna Jones, Managing Editor.
review@roanoke.edu 

www.roanokereview.wordpress.com

A Room of Her Own Foundation
Orlando Prizes
Four writers received Fall 2011 Orlando Prizes. They are Kathleen Savino of New York City for her poem “History of Glass”; Branden Boyer-White of Tempe, Arizona, for her short story “Crossing”; Amy Silverberg of Los Angeles for her short short story “Write This Down”; and Doris Ferleger of Wyncote, Pennsylvania, for her essay “Five Full Moons.” They each received $1,000, and the winning works will be published in Los Angeles Review. Esther Cohen, Kimiko Hahn, Peggy Shumaker, and Summer Wood judged. The biannual awards are given for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay by women writers. (See Deadlines.)
A Room of Her Own Foundation, Orlando Prizes, P.O. Box 778, Placitas, NM 87043. (505) 867-5373. Tracey Cravens-Gras, Associate Director.
tracey@aroomofherownfoundation.org
www.aroho.org

Salamander
Fiction Prize
Hester Kaplan of Providence won the 2011 Salamander Fiction Prize for her short story “The Aerialist.” She received $1,500, and her story will be published in Salamander. Jim Shepard judged. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is June 15.
Salamander, Fiction Prize, English Department, Suffolk University, 41 Temple Street, Boston, MA 02114. Katie Sticca, Managing Editor.
media.cas.suffolk.edu/salamander/index.php

Saturnalia Books
Poetry Prize
Tanya Larkin of Somerville, Massachusetts, won the 2011 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize for My Scarlet Ways. She received $1,500, and her collection will be published by Saturnalia Books. Denise Duhamel judged. The annual prize is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is April 1.
Saturnalia Books, Poetry Prize, 105 Woodside Road, Ardmore, PA 19003. Henry Israeli, President.
www.saturnaliabooks.com

Sherwood Anderson Foundation
Fiction Award
William Lychack of Stamford, Vermont, won the 2011 Sherwood Anderson Foundation Fiction Award. Lychack, whose most recent short story collection is The Architect of Flowers (Mariner Books, 2011), received $15,000. The annual award is given to an emerging writer who has published at least one book of fiction or a number of short stories in literary or commercial magazines. The next deadline is April 1.
Sherwood Anderson Foundation, Fiction Award, 12330 Ashton Mill Terrace, Glen Allen, VA 23059. Anna McKean, President.
sherwoodandersonfoundation@gmail.com
www.sherwoodandersonfoundation.org

Slope Editions
Book Prize
Amaranth Borsuk of Cambridge, Massachusetts, won the 10th annual Slope Editions Book Prize for her poetry collection, Handiwork. She received $1,000 and publication of her book by Slope Editions. Paul Hoover judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Slope Editions, Book Prize, 847 Bernardston Road, Greenfield, MA 01301. Christopher Janke, Editor.
orders@slope.org
www.slopeeditions.org

Sonia Raiziss–Giop Foundation
Bordighera Poetry Prize
John Ortenzio Bargowski of Phillipsburg, New Jersey, won the 2011 Bordighera Poetry Prize for Driving West on the Pulaski Skyway. He received $1,000 and publication of his book in a bilingual edition by Bordighera Press. Paul Mariani judged. The annual prize is given for a poetry collection written in English by an American of Italian descent. The next deadline is May 31.
Sonia Raiziss–Giop Foundation, Bordighera Poetry Prize, c/o Calandra Italian American Institute, City University of New York, 25 West 43rd Street, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Daniela Gioseffi, Contact.
daniela@tellurian.com
www.italianamericanwriters.com/prize.html

Southern Illinois University
Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards
Jerry Williams of New York City won the 2011 Devil’s Kitchen Reading Award in poetry for Admission (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010). Alyson Hagy of Laramie, Wyoming, won the award in prose for her short story collection Ghosts of Wyoming (Graywolf Press, 2010). Each received $1,000 and an invitation read at the 2011 Devil’s Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. The prizes are given annually for a book of poetry and a novel or a collection of short fiction or creative nonfiction published in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Southern Illinois University, Devil’s Kitchen Reading Awards, English Department, Mail Code 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901. Jon Tribble, Award Coordinator.
www.grassroots.siuc.edu/dkawards.html

Stadler Center for Poetry
Philip Roth Residence
Fiction writer Smith Henderson of Columbus, Indiana, won the 2011 Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing. He received $4,000 and a four-month residency at the Stadler Center for Poetry at Bucknell University. The residency is awarded annually to a poet, a fiction writer, or a creative nonfiction writer. (See Deadlines.)
Stadler Center for Poetry, Philip Roth Residence, Bucknell Hall, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Andrew Ciotola, Operations Manager.
ciotola@bucknell.edu
www.bucknell.edu/stadlercenter

Starcherone Books
Prize for Innovative Fiction
Jonathan Callahan of Fukuoka, Japan, won the 2011 Starcherone Prize for his short story collection, The Consummation of Dirk. He received $1,500, and his book will be published by Starcherone Books. Zachary Mason judged. The prize is given for a book-length work of fiction.
(See Deadlines.)
Starcherone Books, Prize for Innovative Fiction, P.O. Box 303, Buffalo, NY 14201. (716) 515-5410. Ted Pelton, Executive Director.
starchcontest@gmail.com
www.starcherone.com/prize.htm

St. Francis College
Literary Prize
Jonathan Dee of New York City won the 2011 St. Francis College Literary Prize for his novel The Privileges (Random House, 2010). He received $50,000. Rick Moody, Francine Prose, and Darcey Steinke judged. The biennial award is given to a midcareer fiction writer for a third, fourth, or fifth work of fiction published in the previous two years. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
St. Francis College, Literary Prize, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 522-2300. Ian Maloney, Contact.
imaloney@stfranciscollege.edu
www.stfranciscollege.edu/literaryprize

Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Bechtel Prize
Janet L. Bland of Williamstown, West Virginia, won the eighth annual Bechtel Prize for “The Possum.” She received $1,000 and publication of her essay in Teachers & Writers magazine. The prize is given for an essay that relates to creative writing education or literary studies. The next deadline is June 30.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, Bechtel Prize, 520 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2020, New York, NY 10018. (212) 691-6590.
bechtel@twc.org
www.twc.org/publications/bechtel-prize

Tupelo Press
Snowbound Chapbook Award
Anna George Meek of Minneapolis won the 2011 Snowbound Chapbook Award for Engravings: A Pictorial Dictionary of Visual Curiosities 1851. She received $1,000, publication of her book by Tupelo Press, and 50 author copies. Ellen Doré Watson judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. (See Deadlines.)
Tupelo Press, Snowbound Chapbook Award, P.O. Box 1767, North Adams, MA 01247.
www.tupelopress.org

University of East Anglia
David T. K. Wong Fellowship
Presca Ahn of New York City won the 2011–2012 David T. K. Wong Fellowship from the University of East Anglia. She received a one-year fellowship at the university and a £26,000 (approximately $41,050) stipend. The annual fellowship is given to a writer for a work of fiction that “deals seriously with some aspect of life in the Far East.” (See Deadlines.)
Charles Pick Fellowships
Fiction writers Helen Dinmore of Adelaide, Australia, and Will Boast of San Francisco won 2011 Charles Pick Writing Fellowships from the University of East Anglia. They each received a six-month fellowship at the university and a £10,000 (approximately $16,000) stipend. The fellowship, which is typically awarded to a single writer, is given annually to a fiction writer or a creative nonfiction writer who has not published a book. (See Deadlines.)
University of East Anglia, School of Literature and Creative Writing, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England. Natalie Mitchell, Fellowship Administrator.
www.uea.ac.uk/creativewriting/Fellowships

University of Iowa Press
Iowa Poetry Prize
Joseph Campana of Houston, Texas, and Kerri Webster of Boise, Idaho, both won the 2011 Iowa Poetry Prize. Campana won for his collection Natural Selections, and Webster won for her collection Grand & Arsenal. Their books will be published by the University of Iowa Press in the spring. The annual prize, open to new as well as established poets, is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is April 30.
University of Iowa Press, Iowa Poetry Prize, 119 West Park Road, 100 Kuhl House, Iowa City, IA 52242-1000.
www.uiowapress.org

University of Rochester
Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize For Fiction
Linda LeGarde Grover of Nett Lake, Minnesota, won the 35th annual Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction for her short story collection, The Dance Boots (University of Georgia Press). She received $7,500. The annual award is given to honor a book of fiction published during the previous year by a woman who is a U.S. citizen. (See Deadlines.)
University of Rochester, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for Fiction, River Campus Box 270434, Rochester, NY 14627-4034. Angela Clark-Taylor, Program Manager.
angela.clark-taylor@rochester.edu
www.rochester.edu/college/wst/SBAI/kafka.html