Academy of American Poets
Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize
Peter Covino of Providence won the 2025 Raiziss/de Palchi Book Prize for his translation of Dario Bellezza’s What Sex Is Death? (University of Wisconsin Press, 2025). He received $25,000. Anna Kraczyna, Jennifer Scappettone, and Charif Shanahan judged. The prize is given biennially to a U.S. translator for a collection of modern Italian poetry translated into English. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Ambroggio Prize
Manuel Iris and Kevin C. McHugh, both of Cincinnati, won the 2025 Ambroggio Prize for Iris and McHugh’s translation of Iris’s Toda la tierra es un jardín de monstruos / The Whole Earth Is a Garden of Monsters. They received $1,000, and Iris and McHugh’s translation will be published by University of Arizona Press in 2026. Giannina Braschi judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection originally written in Spanish accompanied by an English translation. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
Gabriel Gudding of Normal, Illinois, won the 2025 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for Gudding’s translation from the Norwegian of Gunnar Wærness’s Friends With Everyone (Action Books). He received $1,000. Roger Sedarat judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the United States during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Academy of American Poets, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038.
awards@poets.org poets.org/academy-american-poets/american-poets-prizes
Airlie Press
Airlie Prize
Arisa White of Waterville, Maine, won the 2025 Airlie Prize for A Trusted Spectacle in a World of Incomplete Sunshine. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Airlie Press in 2027. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Airlie Press, Airlie Prize, P.O. Box 13325, Portland, OR 97213.
airliepress@gmail.com airliepress.org
Backwaters Press
Backwaters Prize in Poetry
Sanam Sheriff of Bangalore and Philadelphia won the 2025 Backwaters Prize in Poetry for Hum ہم. They received $2,000, and their book will be published by Backwaters Press in the fall. Elizabeth Barnett of San Antonio, Texas, received honorable mention for The Law at Night. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Backwaters Press in spring 2027. Maggie Smith judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 1.
Backwaters Press, Backwaters Prize in Poetry, University of Nebraska Press, 1225 L Street, Suite 200, Lincoln, NE 68588. Courtney Ochsner, Acquisitions Editor.
cochsner2@unl.edu nebraskapress.unl.edu/the-backwaters-prize-in-poetry
Bard College
Bard Fiction Prize
Eliza Barry Callahan of New York City won the 2026 Bard Fiction Prize for her novel, The Hearing Test (Catapult, 2024). She will receive $30,000 and a residency, which includes an appointment as writer-in-residence for a semester, at Bard College in the fall. The annual award is given to a promising emerging fiction writer who is a U.S. citizen and age 39 or younger at the time of application. The next deadline is June 1.
Bard College, Bard Fiction Prize, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504. (845) 758-7087.
bfp@bard.edu bard.edu/bfp
Bauhan Publishing
May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize
Hugo dos Santos of Flemington, New Jersey, won the 2025 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize for Reduction in Force. He will receive $1,000, and his poetry collection will be published by Bauhan Publishing in April. He will also receive 50 author copies. Anthony Walton judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is June 30.
Bauhan Publishing, May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 117, Peterborough, NH 03458.
contest@bauhanpublishing.com bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize
Before Columbus Foundation
American Book Awards
Nineteen writers received 2025 American Book Awards. They are poets Amy M. Alvarez of Boston for Makeshift Altar (University Press of Kentucky), Fady Joudah of Houston for […] (Milkweed Editions), the late Tomiko Matsumoto and the late Ryokuyō Matsumoto, along with editor Nancy Matsumoto of New York City and Toronto, for By the Shore of Lake Michigan (UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press), m.s. RedCherries of New York City for mother (Penguin Books), and A.B. Spellman of Washington, D.C., and editor Lauri Scheyer of Los Angeles for Between the Night and Its Music (Wesleyan University Press); fiction writers Kaveh Akbar of Iowa City for Martyr! (Knopf), Marie-Helene Bertino of New Haven, Connecticut, for Beautyland (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Percival Everett of Los Angeles for James (Doubleday), Marcela Fuentes of Fort Worth, Texas, for Malas (Penguin Books), Stacey Levine of Seattle for Mice 1961 (Verse Chorus Press), Claire Messud of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for This Strange Eventful History (Norton), and Danzy Senna of Los Angeles for Colored Television (Riverhead Books); and nonfiction writers Javier O. Huerta of Oakland and Maceo Montoya of Davis, California, for Imaginative Possibilities: Conversations With Twenty-First-Century Latinx Writers (University of Pittsburgh Press), Sarah Lewis of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America (Harvard University Press), and Sharon McMahon of Duluth, Minnesota, for The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, From the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement (Thesis). The annual awards are given for books published in the United States during the previous year to recognize “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.” As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Before Columbus Foundation, American Book Awards, Raymond House, 655 13th Street, Suite 302, Oakland, CA 94612. (916) 425-7916.
beforecolumbusfoundation@gmail.combeforecolumbusfoundation.com
Beloit Poetry Journal
Chad Walsh Chapbook Series
Sara Elkamel of Cairo won the 2025 Chad Walsh Chapbook Series for Garden City. She received $2,500, publication of her chapbook by Beloit Poetry Journal, and 50 author copies. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is November 30.
Beloit Poetry Journal, Chad Walsh Chapbook Series, P.O. Box 1450, Windham, ME 04062. Emmalee Hagarman, Operations Manager.
bpj@bpj.org bpj.org/submit/chad-walsh-chapbook-series-guidelines
Black Lawrence Press
Big Moose Prize
Emily Mitchell of Silver Spring, Maryland, won the 2025 Big Moose Prize for Far Ocean. She received $1,000, and her novel will be published by Black Lawrence Press in March 2027. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a novel. (See Deadlines.)
Black Lawrence Press, Big Moose Prize. (412) 559-6649. Diane Goettel, Executive Editor.
diane@blacklawrencepress.com blacklawrence.com/submissions-and-contests/the-big-moose-prize
Boulevard
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Mark Mederic George of St. Louis won the 2024 Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers for “Children of the Revolution.” He received $1,500, and his story was published in the Winter 2026 issue of Boulevard. The editors judged. The annual award 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, Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers, 3829 Hartford Street, St. Louis, MO 63116. Dusty Freund, Editor. editors@boulevardmagazine.org boulevardmagazine.org
Caine Prize for African Writing
Best of Caine Award
NoViolet Bulawayo of Ithaca, New York, won the 2025 Best of Caine Award for “Hitting Budapest.” Abdulrazak Gurnah, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, and Tony Tagoe judged. This one-time award was given for a previously published short story by a writer of African descent who has previously won the Caine Prize for African Writing. As of this writing, the next deadline for the Caine Prize for African Writing has not been set; there was no application process for the Best of Caine Award.
Caine Prize for African Writing, 9 Hare & Billet Road, London, SE3 0RB, England.
info@caineprize.com caineprize.com
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Salman Rushdie of New York City won the 2025 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. Rushdie, whose most recent book is The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories (Random House, 2025), received $10,000. The annual award honors an author whose complete body of work reflects the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation’s mission to “foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” There is no application process.
Literary Awards
Kaveh Akbar of Iowa City won the 2025 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction for his novel Martyr! (Knopf). Sunil Amrith of Hamden, Connecticut, won in nonfiction for his book The Burning Earth: A History (Norton). They each received $10,000. Priscilla Morris of County Monaghan, Ireland, and Catalonia, Spain, won the runner-up award in fiction for her novel Black Butterflies (Vintage), and Lauren Markham of Berkeley, California, won the runner-up award in nonfiction for her book A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging (Riverhead). They each received $5,000. Michael Parker and Jung Yun judged in fiction, and Margaret Lazarus Dean and Beth Nguyen judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given to honor a book of fiction and a book of nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) published in the previous year that “foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” (See Deadlines.)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, P.O. Box 461, Wright Brothers Branch, Dayton, OH 45409. (937) 298-5072. Nick Raines, Executive Director.
nick@daytonliterarypeaceprize.org daytonliterarypeaceprize.org
French-American Foundation
Translation Prize
Lazer Lederhendler of Montreal won the 2025 Translation Prize in fiction for his translation of Christophe Bernard’s novel The Hollow Beast (Biblioasis). John Lambert of Nantes, France, won the prize in nonfiction for his translation of Emmanuel Carrère’s V13: Chronicle of a Trial (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). They each received $10,000. The annual awards are given for books of fiction and nonfiction translated from French into English and published during the previous year. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
French-American Foundation, Translation Prize, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 912, New York, NY 10036. Lillianne Daniels, Program Manager.
ldaniels@frenchamerican.org frenchamerican.org/initiatives/translation-prize
Gemini Magazine
Short Story Contest
Celeste Amidon of Boston won the 2025 Short Story Contest for “The Absinthe Drinker.” She received $1,000, and her story was published in the August 2025 issue of Gemini Magazine. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is March 31.
Gemini Magazine, Short Story Contest, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558. (339) 309-9757. David A. Bright, Editor.
editor@gemini-magazine.com gemini-magazine.com
Ghost Story
Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition
Robert Garner McBrearty of Louisville, Colorado, won the Summer 2025 Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition for his story “Starving.” He received $1,000, and his story was published on the Ghost Story website. The editors judged. The award is given biannually for a work of flash fiction with a supernatural or magical realist theme. (See Deadlines.)
Ghost Story, Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition, P.O. Box 601, Union, ME 04862. Paul Guernsey, Editor.
editor@theghoststory.com theghoststory.com/flash-fiction-competition
James Jones Literary Society
First Novel Fellowship
Emma Binder of Madison, Wisconsin, won the 34th annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship for “Small Heaven.” They received $12,000. Sandy Nietling of Lowell, Michigan, was the first runner up for “Black River.” DJ Kim of New York City was the second runner up for “The Matron Deity of Jawado Island.” Nietling received $3,000, and Kim received $2,000. Nancy McKinley, Taylor M. Polites, and Mary Kay Zuravleff judged. The annual award is given for a novel-in-progress that honors “the spirit of unblinking honesty, determination, and insight into modern culture as exemplified by (the writings of) James Jones.”(See Deadlines.)
James Jones Literary Society, First Novel Fellowship, Wilkes University, Creative Writing Program, 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766.
jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu wilkes.edu/academics/graduate-programs/creative-writing-ma-mfa
Laura Boss Poetry Foundation
Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award
Terry Rae Hall of Staunton, Virginia, won the 2025 Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award for Neither Are Crows. She received $5,000, and her poetry collection will be published by New York Quarterly Books in the spring. She will also receive 25 author copies and be invited to give a featured reading at the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College in Paterson, New Jersey. Joe Weil judged. The annual award is given for a manuscript of narrative poetry. The next deadline is March 31.
Laura Boss Poetry Foundation, Laura Boss Narrative Poetry Award. Barry Boss, Treasurer.
laurabosspoetryfoundation@gmail.com laurabosspoetryfoundation.org/news/2025-winner-and-finalists-for-the-laura-boss-narrative-poetry-award
Little Tokyo Historical Society
Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest
Satsuki Yamashita of South Pasadena, California, won the 2025 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest for “Fall Seven Times” and Ushio Aoi of Lucerne Valley, California, won for “街から、未知へ” (“To the Frontier via Little Tokyo”). Yamashita won in the English language category, and Aoi won in the Japanese language category. They each received $500 and publication in Rafu Shimpo and on the Discover Nikkei and Little Tokyo Historical Society websites. Scott Shibuya Brown, Nobuko Miyamoto, and DC Palter judged in the English language category. Naoyuki Ikeda, Yasuko Uchida, and Tomoyuki Yamagata judged in the Japanese language category. The annual awards are given for short stories that take place in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles and that convey “the spirit and essence” of the neighborhood. (See Deadlines.)
Little Tokyo Historical Society, Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, 319 East Second Street, Suite 203, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
imaginelittletokyo@gmail.com littletokyohs.org
Lost Horse Press
Idaho Prize for Poetry
Muriel Nelson of Federal Way, Washington, won the 2025 Idaho Prize for Poetry for Here’s Company. She received $1,000, and her collection will be published by Lost Horse Press in the spring. She will also receive 20 author copies. Grace Bauer judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 15.
Lost Horse Press, Idaho Prize for Poetry, 37346 Robinson Drive, Scio, OR 97374. (208) 597-3008. Christine Lysnewycz Holbert, Publisher.
losthorsepress@mindspring.com losthorsepress.org
MacArthur Foundation
MacArthur Fellowships
Fiction writer Tommy Orange of Oakland won a 2025 MacArthur Fellowship. Orange, whose most recent novel is Wandering Stars (Knopf, 2024), will receive $800,000 over five years. The annual fellowships are given in a variety of fields, including poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, to “enable recipients to exercise their own creative instincts for the benefit of human society.” There is no application process.
MacArthur Foundation, Office of Grants Management, 140 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60603. (312) 726-8000.
4answers@macfound.org macfound.org/programs/awards/fellows
Mississippi Arts Commission
Literary Artist Fellowships
Creative nonfiction writers Beth Ann Fennelly and Dustin Parsons, both of Oxford, and Clinnesha D. Sibley of McComb each received a $5,000 Literary Artist Fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission. The fellowships are given in alternating years to Mississippi poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The next round of fellowships will be awarded in poetry and fiction. (See Deadlines.)
Mississippi Arts Commission, Literary Artist Fellowships, 455 N. Lamar Street, Suite 2A, Jackson, MS 39202. (601) 359-6075. Kristen Brandt, Folk and Traditional Arts Director.
kbrandt@arts.ms.gov arts.ms.gov/grants/grants-for-individuals/artist-fellowships
National Poetry Series
Open Competition
Five poets won the 2025 National Poetry Series Open Competition. They are Hajjar Baban of Dearborn, Michigan, for Low Flying Planes, selected by Jake Skeets and to be published by Milkweed Editions; Stephanie Horvath of Stanford, California, for Field of Vision, selected by Elisa Gonzalez and to be published by Penguin Books; Weston Morrow of Columbus, Ohio, for Cloud Builder, selected by Ariana Benson and to be published by University of Georgia Press; Kira Alexis Tucker of Chicago for Wildest, selected by Siwar Masannat and to be published by Akashic Books; and Yi Wei of Plainsboro, New Jersey, for Diary, selected by Sasha Roque Pimentel and to be published by Beacon Press. They each received $10,000. The annual awards are given for poetry collections by U.S. poets. The next deadline is March 21.
National Poetry Series, Open Competition, P.O. Box 6884, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Gabriella Graceffo, Coordinator.
gabigraceffo@nationalpoetryseries.org nationalpoetryseries.org
New Letters
Literary Awards
Jo Blair Cipriano of Tucson won the 2025 Patricia Cleary Miller Award for Poetry for “Drive & Other Poems.” Ian Becker of Chicago won the Robert Day Award for Fiction for “Squirrel.” Siavash Saadlou of Coquitlam, British Columbia, won the Conger Beasley Jr. Award for Nonfiction for “Disjecta Membra.” They each received $2,500 and will be published in the Winter/Spring 2026 issue of New Letters. Simone Muench judged in poetry, Phong Nguyen judged in fiction, and Jesse Lee Kercheval judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a poem or group of poems, a story, and an essay. The next deadline is May 18.
New Letters, Literary Awards, University of Missouri, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110. (816) 235-1169. Ashley Wann, Managing Editor.
wannk@umkc.edu newletters.org
Oberon
Poetry Prize
Kara Schneider of Solon, Ohio, won the 2025 Oberon Poetry Prize for “Bare Bones.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Oberon. Carmen Bugan judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is April 10.
Oberon, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 516, Miller Place, NY 11764. Mindy Kronenberg, Editor.
oberonmag@optonline.net oberonpoetry.com
Passager Books
Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize
Winifred Hughes of Princeton, New Jersey, won the 2024 Henry Morgenthau III First Book Poetry Prize for The Village of New Ghosts. She received $3,000, and her book was published by Passager Books in 2024. Grace Cavalieri judged. The biennial award is given for a first book of poems by a writer 70 years old or older. (See Deadlines.)
Poetry Contest
Angie Minkin of San Francisco won the 2025 Passager Poetry Contest for a group of poems. She received $1,000, and her poems, as well as an interview, were published in Issue 79 of Passager. The annual award is given for five poems by a writer 50 years old or older. The next deadline is April 15.
Passager Books, 7401 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21208. Rosanne Singer, Editor in Chief.
editors@passagerbooks.com passagerbooks.com
Pen Parentis
Writing Fellowship for New Parents
Ellen Stearns of Larchmont, New York, won the 2026 Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship for New Parents for “Cold Comfort.” She received $2,000, publication of her story in Dreamers Creative Writing, and a year of mentorship. She was also invited to give a reading online for the Pen Parentis Literary Salon. The annual award is given for a short story by a writer with at least one child under the age of 10. The next deadline is April 17.
Pen Parentis, Writing Fellowship for New Parents, 176 Broadway, 14F, New York, NY 10038. (917) 525-3265. M. M. De Voe, Founder.
knowledge@penparentis.org penparentis.org
Pinch
Pinch Literary Award in Fiction
Hasan Dudar of Washington, D.C., won the 2025 Pinch Literary Award in Fiction for “The Howara.” He received $2,000, publication in Pinch’s Fall 2025 issue, and two contributor copies. Tara M. Stringfellow judged. The annual award is given for a short story. (See Deadlines.)
Page Prize in Nonfiction
Slater By The Sea of New York City won the 2025 Page Prize in Nonfiction for “oats & nuts.” They received $1,000, publication in Pinch’s Fall 2025 issue, and two contributor copies. Annabelle Tometich judged. The annual award is given for a work of flash creative nonfiction. (See Deadlines.)
Pinch, University of Memphis, 530 Patterson Street, Memphis, TN 38152. (901) 678-3268. Courtney Miller Santo, Editor in Chief.
editor@pinchjournal.com pinchjournal.com
Poetry Foundation
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Rigoberto González of Newark, New Jersey, won the 2025 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. González, whose most recent poetry collection is To the Boy Who Was Night (Four Way Books, 2023), received $100,000. The award is given annually to a living U.S. poet “whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition.” There is no application process.
Poetry Foundation, 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654.
grants@poetryfoundation.org poetryfoundation.org/awards/prizes-lilly
Poetry Northwest
James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets
Desireé Bewley Dallagiacomo, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and Chris Hoshnic, a member of the Navajo Nation tribe, both won the fifth annual James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets for “Blood Quantum Pastoral” and “Pastoral Prayer as a Genre at the Kayenta Shopping Center,” respectively. They each received $1,000, publication in Poetry Northwest, and an invitation to give a reading with the contest judge at Poets House in New York City. Board members from In-Na-Po (Indigenous Nations Poets) screened the entries, and Inupiaq-Inuit poet dg nanouk okpik served as the final judge. The annual award is given to two Indigenous poets for a single poem by each writer. (See Deadlines.)
Poetry Northwest, James Welch Prize for Indigenous Poets, Everett Community College, 2000 Tower Street, Everett, WA 98201. Keetje Kuipers, Editor.
editors@poetrynw.org poetrynw.org/james-welch-prize
Poetry Society of America
Chapbook Fellowships
Dolapo Demuren of College Park, Maryland, and Harrison Hamm of New York City won the 2025 Chapbook Fellowships. Demuren won for American Love Sonnets, chosen by Monica Ferrell, and Hamm won for If It’s Country Music You Want, chosen by C. Dale Young. The winners each received $1,000, and their chapbooks will be published by the Poetry Society of America in 2026. The annual awards are given for poetry chapbooks. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Poetry Society of America, Chapbook Fellowships, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (212) 254-9628.
info@poetrysociety.org poetrysociety.org
Princess of Asturias Foundation
Award for Literature
Novelist, playwright, and translator Eduardo Mendoza of Barcelona won the 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for Literature. Mendoza, whose most recent novel translated from the Spanish into English is City of Wonders (MacLehose Press, 2022), received €50,000 (approximately $57,726). A jury appointed by the Princess of Asturias Foundation judged. The annual award is given to a writer who is “fostering and advancing literary creation in all its genres.” There is no application process.
Princess of Asturias Foundation, Plácido Arango Arias, 2-33004 Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain.
info@fpa.es fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards
Rattle
Poetry Prize
Morri Creech of Charlotte, North Carolina, won the 2025 Rattle Poetry Prize for “An Ordinary Childhood.” He received $15,000 and publication of his poem in Issue 90 of Rattle. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is July 15.
Rattle, Poetry Prize, 12411 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, CA 91604. Timothy Green, Editor.
tim@rattle.com rattle.com
Regal House Publishing
Terry J. Cox Poetry Award
Rebecca Faulkner of New York City won the 2025 Terry J. Cox Poetry Award for Daughters of the Minotaur. She received $1,000, and her poetry collection will be published by Regal House Publishing in 2027. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Regal House Publishing, Terry J. Cox Poetry Award, 806 Oberlin Road, #12094, Raleigh, NC 27605. Jaynie Royal, Publisher and Editor in Chief.
info@regalhousepublishing.com regalhousepublishing.com
Salamander
Fiction Prize
Kate Lister Campbell of New York City won the 2025 Salamander Fiction Prize for “Ape Opus.” She received $1,000, and her story will be published in Issue 60 of Salamander. Helen Phillips judged. The annual award is given for a short story. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Salamander, Fiction Prize, Suffolk University, English Department, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108. Katie Sticca, Managing Editor.
salamandereditors@gmail.com salamandermag.org/contests
Sarabande Books
Morton, McCarthy, and Sarabande Prizes
Victoria Kornick of Decatur, Georgia, won the 2025 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry for Relief. Roy Kesey of Chestertown, Maryland, won the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction for Lore. The late Karen Kao won the Sarabande Prize in the Essay for Swimming Upside Down. They each received $2,000, and their collections will be published by Sarabande Books. Diane Seuss judged in poetry, Ed Park judged in fiction, and Leslie Jamison judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection, a book of fiction, and an essay collection. (See Deadlines.)
Sarabande Books, Morton, McCarthy, and Sarabande Prizes, 735 Lampton Street, Suite 201, Louisville, KY 40203. info@sarabandebooks.org sarabandebooks.org
South Arts
Southern Prize for Literary Arts
Aurielle Marie of Atlanta won the Southern Prize for Literary Arts for selected poems from their poetry collection Gumbo Ya Ya (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021). They received $25,000 and a residency at The Writers Room at The Betsy in Miami Beach, Florida. Ashley M. Jones of Birmingham, Alabama, was the finalist for poems “Hoppin John: A Blues,” “What It Really Is,” and “HolyHeadHarriet.” She received $10,000 and a residency at The Writers Room at The Betsy in Miami Beach, Florida. Marie and Jones were selected from a pool of nine state fellows that also included poets Meg Day of Durham, North Carolina, Julie Hensley of Richmond, Kentucky, Karisma Price of New Orleans, C.T. Salazar of Cleveland, Mississippi, Shakeema Smalls of Georgetown, South Carolina, Jessica Q. Stark of Jacksonville, Florida, and Marcus Wicker of Memphis. Each state fellow received $5,000. The annual award is given in alternating years for unpublished or previously published works of poetry or prose by writers who live in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
South Arts, Southern Prize for Literary Arts, 1800 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 808, Atlanta, GA 30309. Hilena Haileselassie, Marketing & Communications Manager. (404) 874-7244.
hhaileselassie@southarts.org southarts.org
Southern Humanities Review
Auburn Witness Poetry Prize
Hana Widerman of Ithaca, New York, won the 2025 Auburn Witness Poetry Prize for “Collage of Wreckage.” She received $1,000 and publication in Southern Humanities Review. She also read with judge Nicole Sealey in an event hosted by Auburn University. The annual award is given for a “poem of witness.” The next deadline is June 1.
Southern Humanities Review, Auburn Witness Poetry Prize, Auburn University, 9088 Haley Center, Auburn, AL 36849. (334) 844-9088.
shr@auburn.edu southernhumanitiesreview.com
Southern Indiana Review
Michael Waters Poetry Prize
Kirsten Kaschock of Baltimore won the 2025 Michael Waters Poetry Prize for Docenture: A Tale of Hue as Told by the Estate. She received $6,000, and her collection will be published by Southern Indiana Review Press in the fall. Monica Youn judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Southern Indiana Review, Michael Waters Poetry Prize, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47712. (812) 228-5145. Ron Mitchell, Editor.
sir.contest@usi.edu usi.edu/sir/michael-waters-poetry-prize
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts
Philip Roth Residencies
Poets Tiffany Mi of Austin and Jordan E. Franklin of New York City received the fall 2025 and spring 2026 Philip Roth Residencies in Creative Writing, respectively. They will each receive $5,000 and a residency of up to four months at the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts at Bucknell University. The annual residencies are given to two writers working on a first or second book in any literary genre. (See Deadlines.)
Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts, Philip Roth Residencies, Bucknell University, 1 Dent Drive, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Andrew Ciotola, Program Manager.
ciotola@bucknell.edu bucknell.edu/academics/beyond-classroom/academic-centers-institutes/stadler-center-poetry-literary-arts
Story
Story Foundation Prize
Grace Chao of San Francisco won the sixth annual Story Foundation Prize for her story “Family Travel.” She received $1,500 and publication in the Summer 2025 issue of Story. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is December 15.
Story, Story Foundation Prize, 312 E Kelso Road, Columbus, OH 43202. (314) 614-8759. Michael Nye, Editor in Chief.
mpnye@storymagazine.org storymagazine.org
Tupelo Press
Dorset Prize
Rochelle Hurt of Orlando, Florida, won the 2025 Dorset Prize for Lightboxes. She received $3,000, publication of her book by Tupelo Press, 25 author copies, and a two-week residency at Gentle House in Port Angeles, Washington. Eleanor Wilner judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is December 31.
Snowbound Chapbook Award
Stephen Tuttle of Provo, Utah, won the 2025 Snowbound Chapbook Award for Before the Flood & After. He received $1,000, publication by Tupelo Press, and 25 author copies. Deborah Landau judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. (See Deadlines.)
Helena Whitehill Book Award
Mónica Gomery of Philadelphia won the 2024 Helena Whitehill Book Award for Conjugations of Mothering. She received $1,000, publication of her poetry collection by Tupelo Press, and a one-week residency at Gentle House in Port Angeles, Washington. Ilya Kaminsky judged. The annual award is given for a full- or chapbook-length poetry collection or a book of nonfiction (including memoir, essays, and hybrid work). The next deadline is October 31.
Tupelo Press, P.O. Box 1767, North Adams, MA 01247. (413) 664-9611. Kristina Marie Darling, Editor in Chief.
kdarling@tupelopress.org tupelopress.org
University of Southern California Dornsife
Chowdhury Prize in Literature
Claire Dederer of Seattle won the 2025 Chowdhury Prize in Literature. Dederer, whose most recent novel is Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma (Knopf, 2023), received $15,000 and an invitation to attend a gala ceremony on the USC University Park campus in the spring. Maggie Nelson, Claudia Rankine, and David L. Ulin judged. The annual award is given to midcareer authors “who are at an inflection point, with a body of work already behind them, but also with significant future potential.” There is no application process.
University of Southern California Dornsife, English Department, 3501 Trousdale Parkway, Taper Hall of Humanities 404, Los Angeles, CA 90089. David L. Ulin, Prize Administrator.
dulin@usc.edu dornsife.usc.edu/chowdhury-prize
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships
Five writers received the 2025–2026 Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships. Nandi Comer of Detroit received the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellowship; Maryhilda Obasiota Ibe of Madison, Wisconsin, received the Hoffman-Halls Emerging Artist Fellowship in Poetry; Daniel Lurie of Moscow, Idaho, received the Ronald Wallace Poetry Fellowship; Jennifer Galvão of Gambier, Ohio, received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship; and Alina Grabowski of Austin received the James C. McCreight Fiction Fellowship. Each fellow receives a stipend of at least $40,000 plus benefits, teaches one undergraduate creative writing workshop at the University of Wisconsin each semester, and gives one public reading. The nine-month fellowships provide time, space, and an intellectual community for poets and fiction writers working on a first or second book. Writers who hold an MFA or PhD in creative writing and have published no more than one book are eligible. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships, English Department, 600 North Park Street, H.C. White Room 6195, Madison, WI 53706. Ron Kuka, Program Coordinator.
institutemail@english.wisc.edu creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships
Virginia Commonwealth University
Levis Reading Prize
Weijia Pan of Stanford, California, won the 2025 Levis Reading Prize for Motherlands (Milkweed Editions). He received $5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to give a reading at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. The annual award is given for a first or second book of poetry published during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Levis Reading Prize, English Department, 900 Park Avenue, Hibbs Hall, Room 306, P.O. Box 842005, Richmond, VA 23284. Matt Schroeder, Levis Fellow.
levis@vcu.edu english.vcu.edu/about/national-literary-awards/levis-reading-prize
Wesleyan University Press
Cardinal Poetry Prize
Rachel Trousdale of Belmont, Massachusetts, won the 2024 Cardinal Poetry Prize for Five-Paragraph Essay on the Body-Mind Problem. She received $1,000 and her collection was published by Wesleyan University Press in March 2025. Robert Pinsky judged. The biennial award is given for a poetry collection by a writer 40 years old or older. (See Deadlines.)
Wesleyan University Press, Cardinal Poetry Prize, 215 Long Lane, Middletown, CT 06459. Oliver Egger and Suzanna Tamminen, Consulting Editor and Director.
wupeditorial@gmail.com weslpress.org/the-cardinal-poetry-prize
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