July/August 2022 - Recent Winners

Academy for Teachers
Stories Out Of School Flash Fiction Contest
Josephine Sarvaas of Westmead, Australia, won the 2022 Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest for “Sunshower.” She received $1,000 and publication in A Public Space. Julia Alvarez judged. The annual award is given for a work of flash fiction about teachers and school. (See Deadlines.)
Academy for Teachers, Stories Out of School Flash Fiction Contest, 10 West 90th Street, New York, NY 10024. Rene Marion, Dean of Fellows.
rene@academyforteachers.org
academyforteachers.org/contests

Academy of American Poets
First Book Award
Kweku Abimbola of Detroit won the 2022 First Book Award for Saltwater Demands a Psalm. He received $5,000; a six-week all-expenses-paid residency at the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria, Italy; and publication of his book by Graywolf Press in April 2023. His work will also be featured on the Academy of American Poets website and in American Poets, and copies of his book will be distributed to over 5,000 members of the Academy of American Poets. Tyehimba Jess judged. The annual award is given to a poet who has not published a poetry collection in a standard edition. (See Deadlines.)
Academy of American Poets, First Book Award, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038. (212) 274-0343, ext. 13. Nikay Paredes, Programs Director.
awards@poets.org
poets.org/academy-american-poets/prizes/first-book-award

American Academy of Arts and Letters
Literature Awards
Fourteen writers received awards in literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Poet Stephen Dobyns of Westerly, Rhode Island, received the $25,000 Award of Merit for Poetry, given sexenially to an “outstanding poet.” Fiction writer Lynne Tillman of New York City received the $20,000 Katherine Anne Porter Award, given biennially to an accomplished prose writer who has demonstrated “dedication to the literary profession.” Fiction and nonfiction writer Joshua Cohen of New York City received the $20,000 Harold D. Vursell Memorial Award, given annually to a writer whose work “merits recognition for the quality of its prose style.” Translator Edith Grossman of New York City received the $20,000 Thornton Wilder Prize for Translation, given biennially for “a significant contribution to the art of literary translation.” Poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Patricia Lockwood of Savannah received the $10,000 Morton Dauwen Zabel Award, given biennially to a writer of “progressive, original, and experimental tendencies.” Fiction writer Kirstin Valdez Quade of Princeton, New Jersey, won the $10,000 Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for her novel, The Five Wounds (Norton). The annual award is given to a “young writer of considerable literary talent” for a book published during the previous year. Arts and Letters Awards in Literature were given to poet Catherine Barnett of New York City; poet, fiction writer, and essayists Sarah Manguso of Los Angeles and Joyelle McSweeney of South Bend, Indiana; poet, nonfiction writer, and translator Susan Brind Morrow of Chatham, New York; fiction and nonfiction writer Jo Ann Beard of Rhinebeck, New York; fiction, nonfiction writer, and translator Adrian Nathan West of Spain and the United States; and nonfiction writer Doug Peacock of Emigrant, Montana. They each received $10,000. The annual awards are given to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators to honor “exceptional accomplishment” in literature. Jackie Polzin of St. Paul received the $5,000 Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction for her novel, Brood (Doubleday); the annual award honors a debut book of fiction published in the previous year. The awards are given by members of the Academy. There is no application process.
American Academy of Arts and Letters, Literature Awards, 633 West 155th Street, New York, NY 10032. (212) 368-5900.
artsandletters.org

American Poetry Review
Honickman First Book Prize
Chelsea Harlan of Big Island, Virginia, won the 2022 APR/Honickman First Book Prize for Bright Shade. She received $3,000, and her collection will be published in September by American Poetry Review with distribution by Copper Canyon Press through Consortium. Jericho Brown judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by a writer who has not yet published a book of poems. The next deadline is October 1.
American Poetry Review, Honickman First Book Prize, Third Floor, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
aprweb.org

Ashland Creek Press
Siskiyou Prize
Nadja Lubiw-Hazard of Toronto won the 2021 Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature for her short story collection, “The Life of a Creature.” She received $1,000 and a residency at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis, Oregon. Deb Olin Unferth judged. The biennial award is given for a published or unpublished book of fiction or nonfiction that focuses on the environment, animal protection, ecology, or wildlife. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. 
Ashland Creek Press, Siskiyou Prize, 2305 Ashland Street, Suite C417, Ashland, OR 97520. John Yunker, Editor.
editors@ashlandcreekpress.com
siskiyouprize.com

California State University in Fresno
Philip Levine Prize for Poetry
Maya Pindyck of Philadelphia won the 2021 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry for But the Orange Tree. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Anhinga Press. Carmen Giménez judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is September 30. 
California State University in Fresno, Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, English Department, 5245 N. Backer Avenue PB98, Fresno, CA 93740. Mai Der Vang, Contest Coordinator.
maidervang@mail.fresnostate.edu
fresnostate.edu/levineprize

Claremont Graduate University
Tufts Poetry Awards
Divya Victor of East Lansing, Michigan, won the 30th annual Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for CURB (Nightboat Books). She received $100,000. The annual award is given for a book of poetry by a midcareer poet published in the previous year. torrin a. greathouse of Minneapolis won the 29th annual Kate Tufts Discovery Award for Wound from the Mouth of a Wound (Milkweed Editions). She received $10,000. The annual award is given for a first book of poetry published in the previous year. Both prizes were judged by Carmen Giménez, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Prageeta Sharma, Patricia Smith, and Lynne Thompson. The next deadline is July 1, 2023. 
Claremont Graduate University, Tufts Poetry Awards, 160 E. 10th Street, Harper East B7, Claremont, CA 91711. (909) 621-8974.
arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-awards

Cleveland Foundation
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Donika Kelly of Iowa City won the 87th annual Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in poetry for The Renunciations (Graywolf Press). Percival Everett of Pasadena, California, won the award in fiction for his novel The Trees (Graywolf Press). George Makari of New York City and Tiya Miles of Cambridge, Massachusetts, won the award in nonfiction; Makari won for Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia (Norton) and Miles won for All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (Random House). Poet and novelist Ishmael Reed of Oakland won the Lifetime Achievement Award. They each received $10,000. Rita Dove, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joyce Carol Oates, Steven Pinker, and Simon Schama judged. The annual awards are given to honor books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published in the previous year that “confront racism and explore diversity.” The next deadline is December 31.
Cleveland Foundation, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, 1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1608, Cleveland, OH 44115. (216) 685-2018.
anisfield-wolf.org

Comstock Review
Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award
Tania De Rozario of Vancouver, British Columbia, won the 2021 Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award for “Note to the Queer Kid in the Pews: In Classical Mythology, Lucifer Is a Name for the Planet Venus.” She received $1,000 and publication in Comstock Review. Juan Felipe Herrera judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. (See Deadlines.)
Comstock Review, Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award, 4956 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY 13215.
comstockreview.org

Connecticut Poetry Society
Experimental Poetry Contest
makalani bandele of Lexington, Kentucky, won the 2021 Experimental Poetry Contest for “Afropessimism 101: Quiz on System of Weights Used (1619-Present).” He received $1,000 and publication in Connecticut River Review. Richard Deming judged. The annual award is given for an innovative poem. (See Deadlines.)
Connecticut Poetry Society, Experimental Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 516, Cheshire, CT 06410. Kathleen McIntosh, Contest Chair. 
ctpoetryline@gmail.com
ctpoetry.net

Copper Nickel
Jake Adam York Prize
Christopher Brean Murray of Houston won the sixth annual Jake Adam York Prize for Black Observatory. He received $2,000 and his book will be published by Milkweed Editions in February 2023. Dana Levin judged. The annual award is given for a first or second poetry collection. The next deadline is October 15.
Copper Nickel, Jake Adam York Prize, University of Colorado, English Department, Campus Box 175, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217.
copper-nickel.org/bookprize

Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Dogfish Head Poetry Prize
Anne Yarbrough of New Castle, Delaware, won the 2021 Dogfish Head Poetry Prize for Refinery. She received $500, publication by Broadkill River Press, 10 author copies, two cases of Dogfish Head craft beer, and a two-night stay at the Dogfish Inn. Hayden Saunier judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection written by a poet living in Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C., or West Virginia. (See Deadlines.)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, Dogfish Head Poetry Prize, c/o Broadkill River Press, P.O. Box 63, Milton, DE 19968. Linda Blaskey, Contest Coordinator.
linblask@aol.com
broadkillriverpress.com

Dogwood
Literary Awards
Hannah Dierdorff of Charlottesville, Virginia, won the 2022 Award in Poetry for “Only A Quarter of Species May Survive the End of the Century.” Kate Senecal of Northampton, Massachusetts, won the Award in Fiction for “Fireworks.” Christy Shick of Berkeley, California, won the Award in Nonfiction for “Meeting Lori.” They each received $1,000 and their works will be published in the 2022 issue of Dogwood. Frederick-Douglass Knowles II judged in poetry, Charles Rafferty judged in fiction, and Joanna Eleftheriou judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a poem, a short story, and an essay.
(See Deadlines.)
Dogwood, Literary Awards, Fairfield University, English Department, 1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824. (203) 254-4000, ext. 2565. Sonya Huber, Editor.
shuber@fairfield.edu
dogwoodliterary.com

Furious Flower
Poetry Prize
Ariana Benson of Norfolk, Virginia, won the 2022 Furious Flower Poetry Prize for “Love Poem in the Black Field,” “Black Pastoral: Earlier Fields,” and “Theodicy On My Blackness.” She received $1,000 and publication in Obsidian, and gave a reading at James Madison University in April. Tim Seibles judged. The annual award is given for a group of poems exploring Black themes. The next deadline is February 15, 2023.
Furious Flower, Poetry Prize, James Madison University, 500 Cardinal Drive, MSC 3802, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. 
furiousflower@jmu.edu
jmu.edu/furiousflower/poetryprize

Ghost Story
Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition
Arthur Pike of Houston won the Winter 2022 Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for his story “Heart Full of Crows.” He received $1,000, and his story was published on the Ghost Story website and will also appear in the print anthology 21st Century Ghost Stories—Volume III. Tara Lynn Masih judged. The award is given twice yearly for a work of flash fiction with a supernatural or magical realism theme. (See Deadlines.)
Ghost Story, Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition, P.O. Box 601, Union, ME 04862. Paul Guernsey, Editor.
theghoststory.com/flash-fiction-competition

Gival Press
Poetry Award
Kate Monaghan of New York City and Oaxaca, Mexico, won the 2021 Gival Press Poetry Award for her collection, Disputed Site. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Gival Press in October. Matthew Pennock judged. The biennial award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is December 15, 2023.
Gival Press, Poetry Award, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. (703) 351-0079. Robert L. Giron, Editor in Chief.
givalpress@yahoo.com
givalpress.com

Great Lakes Colleges Association
New Writers Awards
Sumita Chakraborty of Ann Arbor, Michigan, won the 2022 New Writers Award in poetry for her collection, Arrow (Alice James Books). Michael X. Wang of Russellville, Arkansas, won in fiction for his short story collection, Further News of Defeat (Autumn House Press). Melissa Valentine of New York City won in creative nonfiction for her memoir, The Names of All the Flowers (Feminist Press). The winners will each receive a stipend as well as an honorarium of $500 per visit to travel to several of the Great Lakes Colleges Association's 13 member colleges, where they will give readings, meet with students, and lead discussions. David Caplan, Robin Schaer, and Orchid Tierney judged in poetry; Mari Christmas, Andrew Mozina, and Robert Olmstead judged in fiction; and Daniel Bourne, Elizabeth Eslami, and Eric Freeze judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are given for first books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The next deadline is June 25, 2023.
Great Lakes Colleges Association, New Writers Awards, 535 W. William Street, Suite 301, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Colleen Monahan Smith, New Writers Award Associate.
smith@glca.org
glca.org/glcaprograms/new-writers-award

Grid Books
Off the Grid Poetry Prize
Donald Platt of West Lafayette, Indiana, won the 2022 Off the Grid Poetry Prize for Swansdown. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Grid Books. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by a poet over the age of 60. (See Deadlines.)
Grid Books, Off the Grid Poetry Prize, 118 Wilson Street, Beacon, NY 12508.
info@grid-books.org
grid-books.org/off-the-grid-press

Howling Bird Press
Book Contest
Carrie Grinstead of Los Angeles won the 2022 Howling Bird Press Book Contest for her story collection, I Have Her Memories Now. She received $2,500, and her book will be published by Howling Bird Press in the fall. The annual award is given in alternating years for a poetry collection, book of fiction, and book of nonfiction. The 2023 prize will be awarded in nonfiction. (See Deadlines.)
Howling Bird Press, Book Contest, Augsburg University, 219 Memorial Hall, 2211 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55454. James Cihlar, Publisher.
cihlar@augsburg.edu
engage.augsburg.edu/howlingbird

Jewish Book Council
Berru National Jewish Book Award for Poetry
Joy Ladin of Northampton, Massachusetts, won the 2021 Berru National Jewish Book Award for Poetry for The Book of Anna (EOAGH Books). She received $1,000 and promotion of the book through the Jewish Book Council. The annual award, which honors Ruth and Bernie Weinflash, is given for a book of poetry with Jewish themes published during the previous year. The next deadline is October 1.
Jewish Book Council, Berru National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, 520 Eighth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10018. (212) 201-2920. Naomi Firestone-Teeter, Executive Director.
njba@jewishbooks.org
jewishbookcouncil.org

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Writing Fellowships
Twenty-five writers received 2022 Guggenheim Fellowships in creative writing. The fellows in poetry are Eduardo C. Corral of Raleigh, North Carolina; Allison Funk of Edwardsville, Illinois; Yona Harvey of Pittsburgh; Jay Hopler of Salt Lake City; Joyelle McSweeney of South Bend, Indiana; Tomás Q. Morín of Austin; and Valzhyna Mort of Ithaca, New York. The fellows in fiction are Jennifer Croft of Tulsa; Hernan Diaz, Alexandra Kleeman, and Maaza Mengiste, all of New York City; Brandon Hobson of Las Cruces, New Mexico; Ladee Hubbard of New Orleans; Rebecca Makkai of Lake Forest, Illinois; Dinaw Mengestu of Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; C. E. Morgan of Lexington, Virginia; and Lysley Tenorio of San Francisco. The fellows in nonfiction are Rebecca Donner and Christopher Sorrentino, both of New York City; Melissa Febos of Iowa City; Michael Pollan of Berkeley, California; Jerald Walker of Hingham, Massachusetts; Edward L. Widmer of Providence; Thomas Chatterton Williams of Paris; and Edward Wilson-Lee of Cambridge, England. The fellowships of approximately $50,000 each are given annually in recognition of “achievement and exceptional promise.” As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Writing Fellowships, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
gf.org

Langum Foundation
Prize in American Historical Fiction
Michael Punke of Missoula, Montana, won the 2021 David J. Langum Sr. Prize in American Historical Fiction for Ridgeline (Henry Holt). He received $1,000. The annual award is given for a work of historical fiction published in the previous year that helps to make “the rich history of America accessible to the general reader.” The next deadline is December 1.
Langum Foundation, Prize in American Historical Fiction, 2809 Berkeley Drive, Birmingham, AL 35242.
davidlangumjr@gmail.com
langumfoundation.org

Literary Arts
Oregon Literary Fellowships
Poet Carl Adamshick and fiction writer Dane Liu, both of Portland, received 2022 Oregon Literary Career Fellowships of $10,000. Poets Rebecca Bornstein and Genevieve DeGuzman, both of Portland; fiction writers Tony Ardizzone, Clemintine Guirado, Laura Herbst, and Jamie McPartland, all of Portland; and nonfiction writer Jessica Yen of Portland received 2022 Oregon Literary Fellowships of $3,500. Sarah Gerard, Tomás Q. Morín, and David Wright judged. The annual fellowships are given to Oregon writers to help them initiate, develop, or complete a literary project. The next deadline is August 5. (See Deadlines.)
Literary Arts, Oregon Literary Fellowships, 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR 97205. (503) 227-2583. Susan Moore, Director of Programs for Writers.
susan@literary-arts.org
literary-arts.org

Michigan Quarterly Review
Lawrence Foundation Prize
Naomi Shuyama-Gómez of Morristown, New Jersey, won the 44th annual Lawrence Foundation Prize in Fiction for “The Commander’s Teeth,” which appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. She received $2,000. Julie Buntin judged. The annual award is given for a short story published in Michigan Quarterly Review in the previous year. There is no application process.
Laurence Goldstein Poetry Prize
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha of Redmond, Washington, won the 20th annual Laurence Goldstein Poetry Prize for “Autocomplete.” She received $1,000, and the poem will be published in the Summer 2022 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. Sumita Chakraborty judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is December 31.
Page Davidson Clayton Prize
Kristene Kaye Brown of Kansas City, Missouri, won the 13th annual Page Davidson Clayton Prize for Emerging Poets for “Why I Stopped Watering the Plants,” which appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. She received $500. Katie Willingham judged. The annual award is given for a poem or group of poems published in Michigan Quarterly Review by a poet who has not published a book at the time of publication in the journal. There is no application process.
Michigan Quarterly Review, University of Michigan, 3277 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
mqr@umich.edu
michiganquarterlyreview.com

Moon City Press
Poetry Award
Claudia Putnam of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, won the 2020 Moon City Press Poetry Award for The Land of Stone and River. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Moon City Press in 2022. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 1, 2023.
Short Fiction Award
Michele Finn Johnson of Tucson won the 2021 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award for Development Times Vary. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Moon City Press in 2022. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection. The next deadline is October 1.
Moon City Press, Missouri State University, English Department, 901 S. National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65806. Karen Craigo and Michael Czyzniejewski, Series Editors.
mczyzniejewski@missouristate.edu
moon-city-press.com

National Book Critics Circle
Book Awards
Diane Seuss of Kalamazoo, Michigan, received the 2021 National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry for frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press). The finalists were B.K. Fischer of Sleepy Hollow, New York, for Ceive (BOA Editions); Donika Kelly of Iowa City for The Renunciations (Graywolf Press); Rajiv Mohabir of Boston for Cutlish (Four Way Books); and Cheswayo Mphanza of Chicago for The Rinehart Frames (University of Nebraska Press). Honorée Fanonne Jeffers of Norman, Oklahoma, received the fiction award for her novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois (Harper). The finalists were Joshua Cohen of New York City for The Netanyahus (New York Review Books); Rachel Cusk of Paris for Second Place (Farrar, Straus and Giroux); Sarah Hall of Norwich, England, for Burntcoat (Custom House); and Colson Whitehead of New York City for Harlem Shuffle (Doubleday). Jeremy Atherton Lin of Los Angeles and East Sussex, England, received the autobiography award for Gay Bar: Why We Went Out (Little, Brown). The finalists were Hanif Abdurraqib of Columbus, Ohio, for A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Random House); Rodrigo Garcia of Los Angeles for A Farewell To Gabo and Mercedes: A Son’s Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha (HarperVia); Doireann Ní Ghríofa of Cork, Ireland, for A Ghost in the Throat (Biblioasis); and Albert Samaha of New York City for Concepcion: An Immigrant Family’s Fortunes (Riverhead Books). Clint Smith of Silver Spring, Maryland, won the nonfiction award for How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America (Little, Brown). The finalists were Patrick Radden Keefe of New York City for Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (Doubleday); Joshua Prager of South Orange, New Jersey, for The Family Roe: An American Story (Norton); Sam Quinones of Los Angeles for The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth (Bloomsbury Publishing); and Rebecca Solnit of San Francisco for Orwell’s Roses (Viking). Rebecca Donner of New York City won the biography award for All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler (Little, Brown). The finalists were Susan Bernofsky of New York City for Clairvoyant of the Small: The Life of Robert Walser (Yale University Press); Keisha N. Blain of Pittsburgh for Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America (Beacon Press); Mark Harris of New York City for Mike Nichols: A Life (Penguin Books); and Alexander Nemerov of Stanford, California, for Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York (Penguin Press). Melissa Febos of Iowa City received the criticism award for Girlhood (Bloomsbury). The finalists were the late Jenny Diski for Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told? (Bloomsbury); Jesse McCarthy of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? (Liveright); Mark McGurl of Stanford, California, for Everything and Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon (Verso); and Amia Srinivasan of Oxford, England, for The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). The National Book Critics Circle, a professional organization composed of more than 600 book critics and reviewers from across the country, select the winners of the annual awards, which honor books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction published in the previous year. The next deadline is December 1. 
John Leonard Prize
The late Anthony Veasna So won the John Leonard Prize for his short story collection, Afterparties (Ecco). The annual award is given for a first book in any genre published in the previous year. There is no application process.
National Book Critics Circle, c/o Marion Winik, Treasurer, 4600 Keswick Road, Baltimore, MD 21210.
bookcritics.org

National Endowment for the Arts
Creative Writing Fellowships
Thirty-five fiction and creative nonfiction writers each received a $25,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are Steve Almond of Arlington, Massachusetts; Sonya Bilocerkowycz of Rapid City, South Dakota, and Geneseo, New York; Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello of Coral Gables, Florida; Yohanca Delgado of Bethesda, Maryland; Christopher Dennis of Eldorado, Illinois; Chris Drangle of Athens, Georgia; Dewaine Farria of Harrah, Oklahoma; Melissa Febos of Iowa City; Harrison Candelaria Fletcher of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Tope Folarin of Washington, D.C.; Kelli Jo Ford of Richmond; Calvin Gimpelevich of Somerville, Massachusetts; Alexis Pauline Gumbs of Durham, North Carolina; Rachel Heng of Middletown, Connecticut; Aubrey Hirsch of Mamaroneck, New York; Elliott Holt of Columbus, Ohio; Nalo Hopkinson of Riverside, California; Marjan Kamali of Lexington, Massachusetts; Violet Kupersmith of Doylestown, Pennsylvania; Sanaë Lemoine of New York City; Peyton Marshall of Portland, Oregon; Nina McConigley of Laramie, Wyoming; LaTanya McQueen of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Tomás Q. Morín of Austin; Brice Particelli of Corte Madera, California; Natanya Ann Pulley of Colorado Springs; Leta McCollough Seletzky of Walnut Creek, California; Asako Serizawa of Brookline, Massachusetts; Jen Silverman of Chatham, New York; Shruti Swamy of San Francisco; Morgan Talty of Levant, Maine; Grace Talusan of Medford, Massachusetts; Daniel Tam-Claiborne of Seattle; Laura van den Berg of Sanford, Florida; and Yvonne Woon of Decatur, Georgia. The annual fellowships are given in alternating years to poets and prose writers to allow for research, travel, time to write, and career development. The 2023 creative writing fellowships will be given in poetry; the deadline has passed. The deadline for the 2024 fellowships in prose has not been set. 
Literature Translation Fellowships
Twenty-four translators received fellowships of $10,000 to $20,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. They are Patricia Felisa Barbeito of Providence; Layla Benitez-James of Alicante, Spain; Neil Blackadder, Aviya Kushner, and Amanda Sarasien, all of Chicago; Paula Bohince of Plum, Pennsylvania; Jeanne Bonner of West Hartford, Connecticut; Whitney DeVos of Mexico City; Deborah Helen Garfinkle of San Francisco; Alyssa Dinega Gillespie of Brunswick, Maine; Eleanor Goodman of Natick, Massachusetts; Julia Guez of Houston; AKaiser, Anya Migdal, Brian Robert Moore, Jacob Rogers, and Jennifer Shyue, all of New York City; Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse of Marshall, California; Tess Lewis of Bronxville, New York; Melanie Magidow of South Kingstown, Rhode Island; Wayne Miller of Denver; George O’Connell of Omaha; Mark Tardi of Łódz, Poland; and Katie Whittemore of Valencia, Spain. DeVos, Garfinkle, Levinson-LaBrosse, Lewis, and Whittemore received $20,000 each; Kushner, Bonner, Goodman, Moore, O’Connell, Rogers, and Shyue received $15,000 each; and Barbeito, Benitez-James, Blackadder, Bohince, Gillespie, Guez, AKaiser, Magidow, Migdal, Miller, Sarasien, and Tardi received $10,000 each. The annual fellowships are given to support the translation into English of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The deadline for the 2022 translation fellowships has passed; the deadline for the 2023 fellowships has not been set.
National Endowment for the Arts, 400 7th Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20506.
arts.gov

New Literary Project
Jack Hazard Fellowships
Kevin Allardice of Albany, California, Julie T. Anderson and Andy Spear, both of Oakland, Armando Batista of Carlsbad, California, Adam O. Davis of La Jolla, California, Sheila Madary of Stockton, California, Molly Montgomery of Emeryville, California, Mehnaz Sahibzada of Santa Monica, California, and Tori Sciacca of Richmond, California, are the recipients of the inaugural Jack Hazard Fellowships for Creative Writers Teaching High School. They will receive $5,000 each. The awards will be given annually to eight creative writers who teach high school students full-time and are working on an ongoing piece of fiction or creative nonfiction or a memoir. The 2022 fellows, including an honorary ninth teacher, are all instructors at accredited California high schools; in following years teachers from anywhere in the United States will be eligible to apply. The next deadline is December 31.
New Literary Project, Jack Hazard Fellowships, 4100 Redwood Road, Suite 20A-424, Oakland, CA 94619. Abigail Donahue, Associate Director.
abby@newliteraryproject.org
newliteraryproject.org/jack-hazard-fellowship

Nightboat Books
Poetry Prize
Kimberly Alidio of the unceded Munsee and Muhheaconneok/Mohican lands (Upper Hudson Valley, New York), Laura Henriksen of Lenapehoking-Sunset Park (New York City), and Emily Lee Luan and Nora Treatbaby, both of New York City, won the 2021 Nightboat Poetry Prize. Alidio won for Teeter, Henriksen won for Laura’s Desires, Luan won for 回 Return, and Treatbaby won for Our Air. They each received $1,000, publication of their book by Nightboat Books, and 25 author copies. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is November 15.
Nightboat Books, Poetry Prize, 310 Nassau Avenue #205, Brooklyn, NY 11222.
info@nightboat.org
nightboat.org

North Carolina Writers’ Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
Alan Sincic of Gotha, Florida, won the 2022 Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize for “God of the Gator.” He received $1,000, and his story will be considered for publication in Thomas Wolfe Review. Crystal Wilkinson judged. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is January 30, 2023.
Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize
Ashley-Ruth Bernier of Apex, North Carolina, won the 2022 Jacobs/Jones African American Literary Prize for “The Release.” She received $1,000, and her story will be considered for publication in the Carolina Quarterly. Jacinda Townsend judged. The annual award is given for a short story or an essay by an African American writer who resides in North Carolina. The next deadline is January 2, 2023.
Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition
Jasmin Morrell of Asheville, North Carolina, won the 2022 Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition for “All That Might Come.” She received $1,000, and her essay will be considered for publication in Ecotone. Josina Guess judged. The annual award is given for an essay that “is outside the realm of conventional journalism and has relevance to North Carolinians.” The next deadline is January 15, 2023.
North Carolina Writers’ Network, P.O. Box 21591, Winston-Salem, NC 27120. Ed Southern, Contact.
ed@ncwriters.org
ncwriters.org

Omnidawn Publishing
Open Book Prize
Walter Ancarrow of New York City and Alexandria, Egypt, won the Open Book Prize for Etymologies. He received $3,000, publication of his book by Omnidawn Publishing, and 100 author copies. John Yau judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
(See Deadlines.)
Omnidawn Publishing, Open Book Prize, 1632 Elm Avenue, Richmond, CA 94805. (510) 237-5472. Ken Keegan and Rusty Morrison, Senior Editors and Publishers.
submissions@omnidawn.com
omnidawn.com

PEN/Faulkner Foundation
Award for Fiction
Rabih Alameddine of Charlottesville, Virginia, won the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction for his novel The Wrong End of the Telescope (Grove Atlantic). He received $15,000. The four finalists were Nawaaz Ahmed and Imbolo Mbue, both of New York City; Carolina de Robertis of Oakland; and Carolyn Ferrell of Bronxville, New York. Ahmed won for Radiant Fugitives (Counterpoint), Mbue won for How Beautiful We Were (Random House), de Robertis won for The President and the Frog (Knopf), and Ferrell won for Dear Miss Metropolitan (Henry Holt). They each received $5,000. The winner and finalists were invited to read at the annual PEN/Faulkner Award Celebration in May. Eugenia Kim, Rebecca Makkai, and Rion Amilcar Scott judged. The annual award is given for a book of fiction published during the previous year. The next deadline is October 31.
PEN/Faulkner Foundation, Award for Fiction, 6218 Georgia Avenue NW, Unit #1062, Washington, D.C. 20011. Shahenda Helmy, Director of Literary Programs.
awards@penfaulkner.org
penfaulkner.org

Perugia Press
Perugia Press Prize
Lisbeth White of Port Townsend, Washington, won the 2022 Perugia Press Prize for American Sycamore. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Perugia Press in September. The annual award is given for a first or second book of poetry by a writer who identifies as a woman. The next deadline is November 15.
Perugia Press, Perugia Press Prize, P.O. Box 60364, Florence, MA 01062. Rebecca Olander, Director.
perugiapress.org

Ploughshares
Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction
Fei Sun won the eleventh Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction for her story “Half Bowl of Mengpo’s Soup,” which was published in the Winter 2021–22 issue of Ploughshares. She received $2,500. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story published in the journal in the previous year. There is no application process.
Ploughshares, Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction, Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. (617) 824-3757. Ellen Duffer, Managing Editor.
pshares@pshares.org
pshares.org

Poetry Society of America
Frost Medal
Sharon Olds of New York City won the 2022 Frost Medal. Olds, whose most recent poetry collection is Arias (Knopf, 2019), received $5,000. The annual award is given by the Poetry Society of America Board of Governors to recognize distinguished lifetime achievement in American poetry. There is no application process.
Poetry Society of America, Frost Medal, 15 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY 10003.
poetrysociety.org

Poets & Writers, Inc.
Jackson Poetry Prize
Sonia Sanchez of Philadelphia won the 16th annual Jackson Poetry Prize. Sanchez, whose most recent book is Collected Poems (Beacon Press, 2021), received $80,000. Mary Jo Bang, Marilyn Chin, and Claudia Rankine judged. The annual award is given to “an American poet of exceptional talent.” There is no application process.
Poets & Writers, Inc., 90 Broad Street, Suite 2100, New York, NY 10004. (212) 226-3586.
pw.org

Rattle
Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award
Erin Murphy of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, won the 2021 Rattle Poetry Prize Readers’ Choice Award for “The Internet of Things.” She received $5,000, and her poem was published in Issue 74 of Rattle. The editors selected the finalists and Rattle subscribers chose the winner. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is July 15.
Neil Postman Award for Metaphor
Prairie Moon Dalton of Raleigh, North Carolina, won the 2022 Neil Postman Award for Metaphor for “Grandmother.” She received $2,000, and her poem was published in Issue 72 of Rattle. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a single poem “exhibiting the best use of metaphor” among submissions 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
rattle.com

Red Wheelbarrow
Poetry Prize
Susan Cohen of Berkeley, California, won the 2021 Poetry Prize for “In Respect to the Jellyfish.” She received $1,000 and publication in Red Wheelbarrow, and Moving Parts Press produced a letterpress broadside of her poem. Mark Doty judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. (See Deadlines.)
Red Wheelbarrow, Poetry Prize, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014.
weisnerken@deanza.edu
deanza.edu/english/creative-writing/red-wheelbarrow.html

River Styx
International Poetry Contest
Robin Davidson of Houston won the 2020 River Styx International Poetry Contest for “A Spell for Becoming Lace.” She received $1,000, and her poem was published in River Styx. Lee Ann Roripaugh judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
River Styx, International Poetry Contest, 3301 Washington Avenue, Suite 2C, St. Louis, MO 63103. C. M. Chady, Editor in Chief.
managingeditor@riverstyx.org
riverstyx.org/submit

Salem State University
Claire Keyes Poetry Award
Brendan Walsh of Hollywood, Florida, won the 2022 Claire Keyes Poetry Award for a group of poems. He received $1,000, and his poems will be published in Volume 44 of Soundings East. Richard Hoffman judged. The annual award is given for a group of poems. The next deadline is February 1, 2023.
Salem State University, Claire Keyes Poetry Award, Soundings East, English Department, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970. Kevin Carey, Advisory Editor.
salemstate.edu/campus-life/arts/creative-writing/soundings-east

Sewanee Review
Fiction, Poetry, And Nonfiction Contest
Lance Larsen of Provo, Utah, won the fourth annual Sewanee Review poetry contest for “Two Horses in a Field in Mid-December.” Allen Bratton of Vancouver, British Columbia, won the fiction contest for “Philippa.” Sarah Matsui of San Francisco won the nonfiction contest for “Fifth Grader Mandarin Proficiency.” They each received $1,000 and publication in the Winter 2022 issue of Sewanee Review. Paisley Rekdal judged in poetry, Brandon Taylor judged in fiction, and Stephanie Danler judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. (See Deadlines.)
Sewanee Review, Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction Contest, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383. (931) 598-1185.
sewaneereview@sewanee.edu
thesewaneereview.com/contest

Spoon River Poetry Review
Editors’ Prize
Dean Gessie of Ontario won the 2021 Editors’ Prize for “diary of a dead eel boy.” He received $1,000, publication in Spoon River Poetry Review, and an invitation to read at the journal’s annual Lucia Getsi Reading Series in Bloomington, Illinois, in April. Aimee Nezhukumatathil judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is April 15, 2023.
Spoon River Poetry Review, Editors’ Prize, Illinois State University, 4241 Publications Unit, Normal, IL 61790. Kirstin Hotelling Zona, Editor.
srpr.org/contest.php

The Story Prize
Brandon Taylor of New York City won the 2021 Story Prize for Filthy Animals (Riverhead Books). He received $20,000. The finalists were Lily King of Portland, Maine, for Five Tuesdays in Winter (Grove Press) and J. Robert Lennon of Ithaca, New York, for Let Me Think (Graywolf Press). They each received $5,000. Dev Aujla, David Kipen, and Kirstin Valdez Quade judged. Adam Thompson of Launceston, Tasmania, won the 2021 Story Prize Spotlight Award for Born Into This (Two Dollar Radio). He received $1,000. Larry Dark and Julie Lindsey judged. The annual awards are given for short story collections published during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
The Story Prize, 41 Watchung Plaza, #384, Montclair, NJ 07042. Larry Dark, Director.
info@thestoryprize.org
thestoryprize.org

Tucson Festival of Books
Literary Awards
LiAnne Yu of Kailua Kona, Hawai’i, won the 2022 poetry award for “What you really need right now” and other poems. David Philip Mullins of Omaha won the fiction award for an excerpt from his novel-in-progress, “The Houndsman.” Elizabeth Flanagan of Waldoboro, Maine, won the nonfiction award for her essay “Summer of Coffee.” Felicia Zamora judged in poetry, María Amparo Escandón judged in fiction, and David Heska Wanbli Weiden judged in nonfiction. The winners each received $1,000. The annual awards are given for a group of poems, a short story or novel excerpt, and an essay or memoir excerpt. The next deadline is October 31.
Tucson Festival of Books, Literary Awards, P.O. Box 855, Cortaro, AZ 85652. Meg Files, Director.
masters@tucsonfestivalofbooks.org
tucsonfestivalofbooks.org

Tusculum Review
Chapbook Prize
L.A. Hawbaker of Chicago won the 2021 Tusculum Review Fiction Chapbook Prize for “When the Water Comes.” She received $1,000, publication in Tusculum Review, and the creation of a limited edition chapbook. Amy H. Sturgis judged. The annual award is given in alternate years for a collection of poems, a short story, or an essay. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Tusculum Review, Chapbook Prize, 60 Shiloh Road, P.O. Box 5113, Greeneville, TN 37745. (423) 636-7420. Kelsey Trom, Editor.
review@tusculum.edu
ttr.tusculum.edu/contest

University of Iowa Press
Short Fiction Awards
A. J. Bermudez of Los Angeles and Liverpool, New York, won the Iowa Short Fiction Award for Stories No One Hopes Are About Them. Janice Obuchowski of Middlebury, Vermont, won the 2022 John Simmons Short Fiction Award for The Woods. Both books will be published by University of Iowa Press in the fall. Anthony Marra judged. The annual awards are given for debut story collections. The next deadline is September 30.
University of Iowa Press, Short Fiction Awards, c/o Iowa Writers’ Workshop, 507 N. Clinton Street, 102 Dey House, Iowa City, IA 52242. (319) 335-2000.
uipress@uiowa.edu
uipress.uiowa.edu

University of North Texas
Rilke Prize
Valzhyna Mort of Ithaca, New York, won the 2022 Rilke Prize for Music for the Dead and Resurrected (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020). She will receive $10,000. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by a midcareer poet published in the previous year. The next deadline is November 30.
University of North Texas, Rilke Prize, English Department, 1155 Union Circle #311307, Denton, TX 76203. Lisa Vining, Contact.
lisa.vining@unt.edu
english.unt.edu/creative-writing/unt-rilke-prize

University of North Texas Press
Katherine Anne Porter Prize
Zoe Ballering of Portland, Oregon, won the 21st annual Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction for There Is Only Us. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by University of North Texas Press in November. Polly Buckingham judged. The annual award is given for a collection of short fiction. The next deadline is June 30, 2023.
University of North Texas Press, Katherine Anne Porter Prize, 1155 Union Circle #311336, Denton, TX 76203. Polly Buckingham, General Editor.
untpress.unt.edu/authors/porter-prize-submissions

University of Pittsburgh Press
Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Ramona Reeves of Austin won the 2022 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for It Falls Gently All Around. She received $15,000, and her book will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press. Elizabeth Graver judged. The annual award is given for a collection of short fiction. The next deadline is June 30, 2023.
University of Pittsburgh Press, Drue Heinz Literature Prize, 7500 Thomas Boulevard, 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
eomalley@upress.pitt.edu
upittpress.org

Washington Writers’ Publishing House
Literary Awards
Anthony Moll of Baltimore won the 2022 Jean Feldman Poetry Award for You Cannot Save Here. Suzanne Feldman of Frederick, Maryland, won the 2022 Fiction Award for her story collection The Witch Bottle and Other Stories. They each received $1,500, and their books will be published by Washington Writers’ Publishing House in September 2022. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection, a short story collection or novel, and, starting the 2023 award cycle, a memoir, essay collection, or creative nonfiction hybrid collection by a writer who lives in Washington, D.C., Maryland, or Virginia. The next deadline is November 1.
Washington Writers’ Publishing House, Literary Awards, c/o Caroline Bock, 8908 Cold Spring Road, Rockville, MD 20854. 
wwphpress@gmail.com
washingtonwriters.org

Winning Writers
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Qin Qin of Minneapolis won the 2021 Tom Howard Poetry Contest for “Bastards’ Tongue.” Edythe Rodriguez of Philadelphia won the 2021 Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for “afro/latin/a.” They each received $3,000, publication on the Winning Writers website, and a two-year gift certificate from the literary database Duotrope. Soma Mei Sheng Frazier judged. The annual awards are given for a poem in any style and a poem written in a traditional style. The next deadline is September 30.
Winning Writers, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street Suite B PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Adam Cohen, President.
winningwriters.com