92NY Unterberg Poetry Center
Discovery Poetry Contest
Four poets won the 2022 Discovery Poetry Contest. They are Jada Renée Allen of Chicago, Sasha Burshteyn of New York City, April Goldman of Lake Tahoe, California, and Kristina Martino. They each received $500, publication of their work in the Paris Review Daily, and an invitation to give a reading at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Timothy Donnelly and Sumita Chakraborty were the preliminary judges; Victoria Chang, Brian Teare, and Phillip B. Williams were the final judges. The annual awards are given to poets who have not published a book of poems. The next deadline is January 13, 2023.
92NY Unterberg Poetry Center, Discovery Poetry Contest, 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Sophie Herron, Contact.
sherron@92ny.org
92ny.org/poetry/discovery-contest.aspx
African Poetry Book Fund
Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry
Leila Chatti of Madison, Wisconsin, won the 2021 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry for Deluge (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). She received $1,000. Chris Abani judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry by an African poet published in the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
African Poetry Book Fund, Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, University of Nebraska, 110 Andrews Hall, P.O. Box 880334, Lincoln, NE 68588. (402) 472-0911. Siwar Masannat, Managing Editor.
africanpoetrybf@unl.edu
africanpoetrybf.unl.edu
Alice James Books
Alice James Award
Willie Lee Kinard III of Newberry, South Carolina, won the 2022 Alice James Award for Orders of Service. They received $2,000, and their book will be published by Alice James Books in November 2023. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
(See Deadlines.)
Alice James Books, Alice James Award, Auburn Hall, 60 Pineland Drive, Suite 206, New Gloucester, ME 04260. (207) 926-8283.
info@alicejamesbooks.org
alicejamesbooks.org/submit
A Public Space
A Public Space Writing Fellowships
Fiction writers Indya Finch of Iowa City, X Vivian Hu of Ithaca, New York, and Kristin Keegan of Pinole, California, received the 2022 A Public Space Writing Fellowships. They each received $1,000, a six-month mentorship with the editors to prepare a piece for publication in A Public Space, and the opportunity to meet with publishing professionals and participate in a public reading. The annual fellowships are given to emerging fiction writers and nonfiction writers who have not published a full-length book. The next deadline is March 31, 2023.
A Public Space, A Public Space Writing Fellowships, P.O. Box B, New York, NY 10159. (718) 858-8067.
general@apublicspace.org
apublicspace.org
Asheville Poetry Review
William Matthews Poetry Prize
Maura High of Carrboro, North Carolina, won the 2022 William Matthews Poetry Prize for “Verbesina Occidentalis.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Volume 29, Issue 32 of Asheville Poetry Review. She also received an invitation to give a reading at Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina. Marilyn Nelson judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is January 15, 2023.
Asheville Poetry Review, William Matthews Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 7086, Asheville, NC 28802. Keith Flynn, Managing Editor.
ashevillepoetryreview.com
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Nathan Harris of Seattle won the 2021 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence for his novel, The Sweetness of Water (Little, Brown). He received $15,000 and was honored at a virtual awards ceremony in January. Anthony Grooms, Edward P. Jones, Elizabeth Nunez, Francine Prose, and Patricia Towers judged. The annual award is given to a rising African American writer for a book of fiction published in the award year. The next deadline is August 15, 2023.
Baton Rouge Area Foundation, Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, 100 North Street, Suite 900, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. Lois A. Smyth, Director of Donor Services.
ernestjgainesaward.org
Bellingham Review
Literary Awards
Kenzie Allen of Toronto won the 2022 49th Parallel Award for Poetry for “even the word Oneida/ can’t be written in Oneida.” G.C. Waldrep judged. Nandini Lal of Bethesda, Maryland, won the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction for “Anaadi’s Smile.” Elizabeth Colen judged. Jamila Osman of Portland, Oregon, won the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction for “Street View.” Ira Sukrungruang judged. They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in the Spring 2023 issue of Bellingham Review. The annual awards are given for a poem, a short story, and a work of creative nonfiction. The next deadline is March 15, 2023.
Bellingham Review, Literary Awards, Western Washington University, 516 High Street, Mail Stop 9053, Bellingham, WA 98225. B. Woods, Managing Editor.
bellingham.review@wwu.edu
bhreview.org
Blue Mountain Center
Richard J. Margolis Award
Wes Enzinna of Oakland won the 2021 Richard J. Margolis Award. He received $5,000 and a monthlong residency at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and artists colony in Blue Mountain Lake, New York. The annual award is given to an essayist or journalist whose work “combines warmth, humor, and wisdom, and sheds light on issues of social justice.” The next deadline is July 1, 2023.
Blue Mountain Center, Richard J. Margolis Award, c/o Margolis & Bloom, 100 William Street, Suite 220, Wellesley, MA 02481.
award@margolis.com
margolisaward.org
BOA Editions
A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize
Margaret Ray of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, won the 2021 A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize for Good Grief, the Ground. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by BOA Editions in 2023. Stephanie Burt judged. The annual award is given for a first book of poetry. The next deadline is November 30.
BOA Editions, A. Poulin Jr. Poetry Prize, 250 North Goodman Street, Suite 306, Rochester, NY 14607. (585) 546-3410. Peter Conners, Publisher.
contact@boaditions.org
boaeditions.org
Boulevard
Emerging Poets Contest
Jennifer Conlon of Tempe, Arizona, won the 2021 Emerging Poets Contest for a group of poems. They received $1,000 and publication in Boulevard. Ryan Smith judged. The annual award is given for a group of poems by a poet who has not published a poetry collection with a nationally distributed press. The next deadline is June 1, 2023.
Boulevard, Emerging Poets Contest, 3829 Hartford Street, St. Louis, MO 63116. Jessica Rogen, Editor.
boulevardmagazine.org
Brick Road Poetry Press
Book Contest
Joan Baranow of Mill Valley, California, won the 2021 Brick Road Poetry Book Contest for Reading Szymborska in a Time of Plague. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Brick Road Poetry Press in 2023. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Brick Road Poetry Press, Book Contest, 341 Lee Road 553, Phenix City, AL 36867. Keith Badowski, Editor.
brickroadpoetrypress.com
Broadside Lotus Press
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
Sheri Flowers Anderson of San Antonio, Texas, won the 2022 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award for House and Home. She will receive $500, and her book will be published by Broadside Lotus Press in February 2023. The annual award is given for a poetry collection by an African American poet. The next deadline is March 1, 2023.
Broadside Lotus Press, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award, 8300 East Jefferson Avenue #504, Detroit, MI 48214. Gloria House, Senior Editor.
broadsidelotus@gmail.com
broadsidelotuspress.org
Cave Canem Foundation
Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize
Demetrius Buckley won the 2021 Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize for Here Is Home. He received $1,000 and publication by Jai-Alai Books. He also read as part of the O, Miami Poetry Festival’s online programming. Lillian-Yvonne Bertram judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook by a Black poet. (See Deadlines.)
Cave Canem Foundation, Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize, 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, Brooklyn, NY 11201. (718) 858-0000.
cavecanempoets.org/prizes
Center for African American Poetry and Poetics/Autumn House Press
Book Prize
Richard Hamilton of Washington, D.C., won the 2022 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize for their poetry collection Discordant. They received $3,000, and their book will be published by Autumn House Press in 2023. Evie Shockley judged. The annual award is given for a first or second poetry collection or work that intersects with poetry, including hybrid work, speculative prose, and translation, by a writer of African descent. The next deadline is February 15, 2023.
Center for African American Poetry and Poetics/Autumn House Press, Book Prize, University of Pittsburgh, Department of English, 526 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
caapp.pitt.edu
Center for Book Arts
Poetry Chapbook Competition
Mai Serhan of Cairo won the 27th annual Poetry Chapbook Competition for Cairo: the undelivered letters. She will receive $1,000 (a $500 honorarium upon winning and a $500 stipend upon participating in the competition reading in November), publication of her chapbook by Center for Book Arts, and a weeklong residency at the Millay Colony in Austerlitz, New York. Mei-mei Berssenbrugge judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is December 15.
Center for Book Arts, Poetry Chapbook Competition, 28 West 27th Street, Third Floor, New York, NY 10001.
centerforbookarts.org/annual-chapbook-competition
Center for Literary Publishing
Colorado Prize for Poetry
Adrian Lürssen of Mill Valley, California, won the 28th annual Colorado Prize for Poetry for Human Is to Wander. He will receive $2,500, and his book will be published in November by the Center for Literary Publishing at Colorado State University. Gillian Conoley judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is January 14, 2023.
Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado Prize for Poetry, Colorado State University, 9105 Campus Delivery, Ft. Collins, CO 80523. (970) 491-5449. Stephanie G’Schwind, Director.
coloradoprize.colostate.edu
Cloudbank Books
Vern Rutsala Book Prize
Denver Butson of New York City won the 2022 Vern Rutsala Book Prize for his poetry collection The Scarecrow Alibis. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Cloudbank Books. Doug Ramspeck judged. The annual award is given for a collection of poetry, flash fiction, or a combination of the two. (See Deadlines.)
Cloudbank Books, Vern Rutsala Book Prize, P.O. Box 610, Corvallis, OR 97339.
cloudbankbooks.com
Codhill Press
Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award
Mary Gilliland of Ithaca, New York, won the 2021 Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award for The Devil’s Fools. She received $1,000, publication of her book by Codhill Press, and 25 author copies. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is December 30.
Codhill Press, Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award, 331 Station Road, Highland, NY 12528. James Sherwood, Contest Coordinator.
codhill.com
Colorado Review
Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction
Mike Murray of Pittsburgh won the 19th annual Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction for “Night Owls.” He received $2,500, and his story will be published in the Fall/Winter 2022 issue of Colorado Review. Ramona Ausubel judged. The annual award is given for a short story. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Colorado Review, Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction, Colorado State University, 9105 Campus Delivery, Ft. Collins, CO 80523. (970) 491-5449. Stephanie G'Schwind, Director.
coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nelligan-prize
Crazyhorse
Writing Prizes
Katy Hargett-Hsu of Birmingham, Alabama, won the 2022 Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize for “Internal Dissident.” Aimee Nezhukumatathil judged. A.J. Rodriguez of Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize for “Bendiciones.” Venita Blackburn judged. Courtney Kersten of St. Augustine, Florida, won the Crazyhorse Nonfiction Prize for “Mysteries Already Deciphered.” Matt Ortile judged. They will each receive $2,000 and publication in Issue 102 of Crazyhorse, the final issue before the publication transitions to its new title, swamp pink. The annual awards, which will continue under the new title, are given for a poem, a short story, and an essay. The next deadline is January 31, 2023.
Crazyhorse, Writing Prizes, College of Charleston, English Department, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424. Jonathan Bohr Heinen, Managing Editor.
swamp-pink@cofc.edu
crazyhorse.cofc.edu
Elixir Press
Poetry Award
Rooja Mohassessy of Dobbins, California, won the 22nd annual Elixir Press Poetry Award for When Your Sky Runs Into Mine. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Elixir Press. Esther Lee judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
(See Deadlines.)
Elixir Press, Poetry Award, P.O. Box 350206, Westminster, CO 80035. Dana Curtis, Editor.
info@elixirpress.com
elixirpress.com
Ellen Meloy Fund
Desert Writers Award
Zak Podmore of Bluff, Utah, won the 2022 Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writers Award. He received $5,000 to work on his creative nonfiction manuscript “Life After Deadpool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River in Glen Canyon.” Established to honor the memory of Ellen Meloy, the annual award provides support to creative nonfiction writers “whose work reflects the spirit and passion for the desert embodied in Meloy’s writing” to spend time in a desert environment. The next deadline is January 15, 2023.
Ellen Meloy Fund, Desert Writers Award, P.O. Box 288, Helena, MT 59624.
info@ellenmeloy.com
ellenmeloy.com
Fiction Collective Two
Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize
Victoria Lancelotta of Frederick, Maryland, won the 2022 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize for her story collection Ways to Disappear. She received $15,000, and her book will be published by Fiction Collective Two. Cristina Rivera Garza judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection, novella, novella collection, or novel by a writer who has published at least three books of fiction. (See Deadlines.)
Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest
Sophie Klahr of Carrboro, North Carolina, and Corey Zeller of Syracuse, New York, won the 2022 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest for their collaborative experimental prose, There Is Only One Ghost in the World. They received $1,500, and their book will be published by Fiction Collective Two. Marream Krollos judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection, novella, novella collection, or novel. (See Deadlines.)
Fiction Collective Two, University of Alabama Press, P.O. Box 870380, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. (773) 702-7000.
fc2.org/prizes
Fish Publishing
Flash Fiction Prize
Partridge Boswell of Woodstock, Vermont, won the 2022 Flash Fiction Prize for “The Stone Cottage.” He received €1,000 (approximately $1,057) and publication in the 2022 Fish Anthology. Tracey Slaughter judged. The annual award is given for a work of flash fiction. The next deadline is February 28, 2023.
Short Memoir Prize
Wally Suphap of New York City won the 2022 Short Memoir Prize for “Thirteen Ways of Interrogating an Incident.” He received €1,000 (approximately $1,057) and publication in the 2022 Fish Anthology. Qian Julie Wang judged. The annual award is given for an essay. The next deadline is January 31, 2023.
Fish Publishing, Coomkeen, Durrus, Bantry, County Cork, Ireland P75 H704. Clem Cairns, Editor.
info@fishpublishing.com
fishpublishing.com
Gemini Magazine
Poetry Open
Joanne Jagoda of Oakland won the 2022 Poetry Open for “A Moment Caught in Time.” She received $1,000, and her poem was published in the May 2022 issue of Gemini Magazine. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poem. The next deadline is January 3, 2023.
Gemini Magazine, Poetry Open, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558. David Bright, Editor.
editor@gemini-magazine.com
gemini-magazine.com
Ghost Story
Supernatural Fiction Award
Treanor Wooten Baring of Houston won the Spring 2022 Supernatural Fiction Award for “The Unseen.” She received $1,500, and her story was published on the Ghost Story website and will appear in Volume III of the print anthology series 21st Century Ghost Stories. The editors judged. The award is given twice yearly for a short story with a supernatural or magic realism theme. (See Deadlines.)
Ghost Story, Supernatural Fiction Award, P.O. Box 601, Union, ME 04862. Paul Guernsey, Editor.
theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award
Hackney Literary Awards
Novel Contest
Russell Working of Oak Park, Illinois, won the 2021 Novel Contest for his novel manuscript “Elephant in a Box.” He received $5,000. The annual award is given for an unpublished novel. (See Deadlines.)
Hackney Literary Awards, Novel Contest, 4650 Old Looney Mill Road, Birmingham, AL 35243.
hackneyliteraryawards.org
Harvard University
Radcliffe Institute Fellowships
Poets Gabrielle Calvocoressi of Old East Durham, North Carolina, and Isabel Galleymore of Birmingham, England; fiction writers Dima Alzayat of Los Angeles, Jennifer Finney Boylan of New York City and Belgrade Lakes, Maine, and Homeira Qaderi; nonfiction writers Omer Aziz of Mississauga, Canada, Tsitsi Dangarembga of Harare, Zimbabwe, and Francesca Mari of Providence; and graphic novelist Ebony Flowers of Denver received fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. They each received $78,000 and an additional $5,000 to cover project expenses. The annual fellowships are given to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with substantial publications or a current contract for the publication of a book. (See Deadlines.)
Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute Fellowships, Byerly Hall, 8 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. (617) 496-1324.
fellowships@radcliffe.harvard.edu
radcliffe.harvard.edu/radcliffe-fellowship
John Pollard Foundation
International Poetry Prize
Gail McConnell of Belfast won the 2022 John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize for The Sun Is Open (Penned in the Margins). She received €10,000 (approximately $10,732). Philip Coleman, Vona Groarke, Alice Lyons, and Eoin McNamee judged. The annual award is given for a debut poetry collection published during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
John Pollard Foundation, International Poetry Prize, Trinity Oscar Wilde Centre, 21 Westland Row, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. Sophia Ní Sheoin, Centre Senior Executive Officer.
wilde@tcd.ie
tcd.ie/owc/john-pollard-prize
Lightscatter Press
Poetry Prize
Kelly Hoffer of Ithaca, New York, won the 2021 Lightscatter Press Poetry Prize for Undershore. She received $1,000, publication by Lightscatter Press in spring 2023, 25 author copies, and a carefully designed digital experience of her book, which will include images, sound, and touch. Diana Khoi Nguyen judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection written by an emerging writer. (See Deadlines.)
Lightscatter Press, Poetry Prize, 3303 West 7675 South, West Jordan, UT, 84084. (801) 635-9825. Lisa Bickmore, Publisher.
lightscatterpress@gmail.com
lightscatterpress.org/submit
LitMag
Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction
Alexander Almaguer of McAllen, Texas, won the 2022 Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction for “Cypress Junction.” He received $2,500. His story will be published in LitMag and reviewed by agents Lisa Bankoff (Bankoff Collaborative), Jenny Bent (Bent Agency), Sonali Chanchani and Erin Harris (Folio Literary Management), Emily Forland (Brandt & Hochman), David Forrer (InkWell Management), Nat Sobel (Sobel Weber Associates), and Monika Woods (Triangle House). The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is December 31.
Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction
Caroline Kim of Walnut Creek, California, won the 2022 Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction for “The End of the Dynasty.” She received $1,250. Her story will be published in LitMag and was reviewed by agents Jenny Bent (Bent Agency), Sonali Chanchani and Erin Harris (Folio Literary Management), Emily Forland (Brandt & Hochman), David Forrer (InkWell Management), Nat Sobel (Sobel Weber Associates), and Monika Woods (Triangle House). The annual award is given for a work of flash fiction. The next deadline is November 30.
LitMag, Greeley Square Station, P.O. Box 20091, New York, NY 10001.
info@litmag.com
litmag.com
Loft Literary Center
McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers
Poets Douglas Kearney of St. Paul, Preeti Kaur Rajpal and Chavonn Shen, both of Minneapolis, and spoken word artist K.W. Jackson of St. Paul received 2022 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers. They each received $25,000. Ilya Kaminsky judged in poetry and Beau Sia judged in spoken word. The annual fellowships, which alternate between prose and poetry/spoken word every year, are given to Minnesota writers who have published at least one book or work in several journals, or have been booked to perform their material. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Loft Literary Center, McKnight Artist Fellowships for Writers, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Open Book, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55415.
loft.org
Los Angeles Times
Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose
Deborah Levy of London won the 2021 Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose for Real Estate: A Living Autobiography (Bloomsbury Publishing). She received $10,000. Emily Bernard, Dinah Lenney, Domingo Martinez, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, and Diana Wagman judged. The annual award is given for a book of autobiographical prose published in the previous year. There is no application process.
Robert Kirsch Award
Luis J. Rodriguez of San Fernando, California, won the 2021 Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Rodriguez, whose most recent book is the essay collection From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings From a Native Xicanx Writer (Seven Stories Press, 2020), received $1,000. The annual award is given to recognize an author “with a substantial connection to the American West whose contribution to American letters deserves special recognition.” There is no application process.
Book Prizes
Diane Seuss of Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the 2021 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry for her collection frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press). Véronique Tadjo of London won the prize in fiction for her novel In the Company of Men (Other Press). Jackie Polzin of St. Paul won the Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction for her novel, Brood (Doubleday). Zen Cho of Birmingham, England, won the Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction for her story collection, Spirits Abroad (Small Beer Press). Adam Schiff of Burbank, California, won the prize in current interest for his book Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could (Random House). Seuss, Tadjo, Polzin, and Schiff each received $500, and Cho received $2,500. Cyrus Cassells, Tyehimba Jess, and Adriana E. Ramírez judged in poetry; Melissa Chadburn, Jenny McPhee, and Rick Whitaker judged in fiction and for the Art Seidenbaum Award; Gwenda Bond, Megan Giddings, and Veronica Roth judged the Ray Bradbury Prize; and Bill Boyarsky, Celeste Fremon, and Erin Aubry Kaplan judged in current interest. The annual awards are given for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published in the calendar year. There is no application process.
Los Angeles Times, 2300 East Imperial Highway, El Segundo, CA 90245. (800) 528-4637, ext. 75775. Ann Binney, Associate Director of Events.
ann.binney@latimes.com
events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/bookprizes-2022
Michigan Quarterly Review
Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction
Jeneé Skinner of Iowa City won the inaugural Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction for her short story “Fields Laid Bare.” She received $2,000 and publication in the Summer 2022 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review. Jesmyn Ward judged. The annual award will be given for a short story. The next deadline is December 31.
Michigan Quarterly Review, Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction, University of Michigan, 3277 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. (734) 764-9265. Aaron J. Stone, Managing Editor.
mqr@umich.edu
michiganquarterlyreview.com
Mississippi Review
Mississippi Review Prizes
L. A. Johnson of Santa Monica, California, won the 2022 Mississippi Review Prize in poetry for “Irradiance.” Joshua Shapiro of Westford, Massachusetts, won in fiction for “Smart Home.” Alison Powell of Berkley, Michigan, won in nonfiction for “The Ordinary.” They each received $1,000 and publication in the Mississippi Review. Adam Clay judged in poetry and nonfiction and Joshua Bernstein judged in fiction. The annual awards are given for a group of poems, a story, and an essay. The next deadline is January 1, 2023.
Mississippi Review, Mississippi Review Prizes, 118 College Drive, #5144, Hattiesburg, MS 39406. (601) 266-4321. Adam Clay, Editor in Chief.
msreview@usm.edu
mississippireview.com
The Moth
Poetry Prize
Aniqah Choudhri of Manchester won the 2021 Moth Poetry Prize for “The Unloving Ground.” She received €6,000 (approximately $6,440) and publication in the Moth. The three runners-up were Mark Fiddes of Barcelona, London, and the United Arab Emirates for “Hotel Petroleum,” Roz Goddard of West Midlands, England, for “Small Moon Curve,” and Heather Treseler of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, for “Chase Street.” They each received €1,000 (approximately $1,073). Warsan Shire judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is December 31.
The Moth, Poetry Prize, Ardan Grange, Milltown, Belturbet, County Cavan, Ireland H14 K768. Rebecca O’Connor, Editor.
editor@themothmagazine.com
themothmagazine.com
New Literary Project
Joyce Carol Oates Prize
Lauren Groff of Gainesville, Florida, won the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize. Groff, whose most recent book is Matrix (Riverhead Books, 2021), received $50,000. The annual award is given to “a midcareer fiction writer who has earned a distinguished reputation.” As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
New Literary Project, Joyce Carol Oates Prize, 4100 Redwood Road, Suite 20A/424, Oakland, CA 94619. Abigail Donahue, Associate Director.
abby@newliteraryproject.org
newliteraryproject.org/joyce-carol-oates-prize
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writing Awards
John Cullen of Big Rapids, Michigan, won the 52nd New Millennium Poetry Award for “Almost There.” Teresa Burns Gunther of Oakland won the Fiction Award for “War Paint.” Myna Chang of Potomac, Maryland, won the Flash Fiction Award for “An Alternate Theory Regarding Natural Disasters...”. Melanie Hoffert of Battle Lake and Minneapolis, Minnesota, won the Nonfiction Award for “Bird Rearing During a Pandemic.” They each received $1,000, and their winning works will be published in New Millennium Writings and on the journal’s website. The awards are given twice yearly for a poem, a short story, a short short story, and an essay. The next deadline is November 30.
New Millennium Writings, New Millennium Writing Awards, Indian Gap Road, Sevierville, TN 37876. Alexis Williams, Editor in Chief.
newmillenniumwritings.org
New York Public Library
Cullman Center Fellowships
Poet and fiction writer Colin Channer of Providence; poet and nonfiction writer Patrick Phillips of Stanford, California; fiction and nonfiction writers Daphne A. Brooks of New Haven, Connecticut, and Daniel Saldaña París of Mexico City; fiction writers Claire Luchette of Madison, Wisconsin, and Brandon Taylor and C Pam Zhang, both of New York City; and nonfiction writers Raghu Karnad of Karnataka, India, Margaret Kelleher of Dublin, Sarah Maza of Evanston, Illinois, and Francesca Wade of London were among those who received 2022–2023 Cullman Center Fellowships. They will each receive $75,000, an office in the Cullman Center at the New York Public Library, and full access to the library’s physical and electronic resources from September 2022 to May 2023. The annual fellowships are given to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and scholars whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the New York Public Library. (See Deadlines.)
New York Public Library, Cullman Center Fellowships, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018.
nypl.org/csw
Ohio University Press
Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
Andrew Collard of Grand Rapids won the 2023 Hollis Summers Poetry Prize for Sprawl. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Ohio University Press in spring 2023. Jennifer Kwon Dobbs judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is December 31.
Ohio University Press, Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, 30 Park Place, Alden Library, Suite 101, Athens, OH 45701.
ohioswallow.com/poetry_prize
Passaic County Community College
Paterson Poetry Prize
Catherine Doty of Boonton, New Jersey, and Craig Morgan Teicher of West Orange, New Jersey, won the 2022 Paterson Poetry Prize. Doty won for Wonderama (CavanKerry Press) and Teicher won for Welcome to Sonnetville, New Jersey (BOA Editions). They each received $1,000. The annual award is given for a poetry collection published in the previous year. The next deadline is February 1, 2023.
Passaic County Community College, Paterson Poetry Prize, Poetry Center, One College Boulevard, Paterson, NJ 07505. (973) 684-6555.
sdesai@pccc.edu
poetrycenterpccc.com
PEN America
Emerging Voices Fellowship
Twelve writers received 2022 Emerging Voices Fellowships from PEN America. They are poets S. Erin Batiste of New York City, Monica Mills of Maplewood, New Jersey, Edythe Rodriguez of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, and Shakeema Smalls of Georgetown, South Carolina; fiction writers Natáhne Arrowsmith of Rohnert Park, California, Julian Iralu of Boston, Jane S. Kim of Los Angeles, Doreen Oliver of Essex County, New Jersey, and Christina Tudor of Washington, D.C.; and nonfiction writers Sarah Chaves of Peabody, Massachusetts, Iris Kim of San Jose, California, and Connie Pertuz-Meza of New York City. They will each receive $1,500, a professional headshot, a complimentary one-year PEN America membership, a five-month professional mentorship with an established writer, and introductions to writers, editors, agents, and publishers. They will also participate in workshops on editing, public performance, and building a professional platform. The annual awards are given to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The next deadline is January 31, 2023.
PEN America, Emerging Voices Fellowship, 588 Broadway, Suite 303, New York, NY 10012.
ev@pen.org
pen.org/emerging-voices-fellowship
Ploughshares
Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction
Christie Hodgen of Kansas City, Missouri, won the fourth annual Ashley Leigh Bourne Prize for Fiction for “Bush v. Gore,” which appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Ploughshares. She received $2,500. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story published in Ploughshares in the previous year. There is no application process.
Ploughshares, Ashley Leigh Bourne 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
Four Quartets Prize
Muriel Leung of Oakland won the 2022 Four Quartets Prize for her collection Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books). Leung will receive $21,000. The finalists were Desiree C. Bailey of Trinidad and Tobago and New York City for her book, What Noise Against the Cane (Yale University Press) and Forrest Gander of Penngrove, California, for the title poem of his book Twice Alive (New Directions). The finalists will each receive $1,000. The annual award, cosponsored by the T. S. Eliot Foundation, is given for a unified and complete sequence of poems published in the United States during the previous year. Rae Armantrout, Victoria Chang, and Dante Micheaux judged. The next deadline is December 31.
Shelley Memorial Award
Joyelle McSweeney of South Bend, Indiana, won the 2022 Shelley Memorial Award. McSweeney, whose most recent poetry collection is Toxicon and Arachne (Nightboat Books, 2020) received $12,000. Rick Barot and Calvin Bedient judged. The annual award is given to a poet selected with reference to their “genius and need.” There is no application process.
Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
poetrysociety.org
Press 53
Award for Short Fiction
Shena McAuliffe of Schenectady, New York, won the 2022 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction for We Are a Teeming Wilderness. She received $1,000, publication of her book by Press 53, and 50 author copies. Claire V. Foxx judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection. The next deadline is December 31.
Press 53, Award for Short Fiction, 560 North Trade Street, Suite 103, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. (336) 770-5353. Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher.
press53.com/award-for-short-fiction
Publishing Triangle
Literary Awards
Cheryl Boyce-Taylor of New York City won the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry for her collection Mama Phife Represents (Haymarket Books). John Keene of Jersey City won the Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry for his collection Punks (Song Cave). Robert Jones Jr. of New York City won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction for his novel, The Prophets (G.P. Putnam’s Sons). The late Anthony Veasna So won the Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction for his collection of stories, Afterparties (Ecco). Briona Simone Jones of Hartford won the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction for the anthology Mouths of Rain (New Press). Brian Broome of Pittsburgh won the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction for his memoir, Punch Me Up to the Gods (Mariner Books). Ari Banias of Chicago won the Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant Literature for his collection of poems A Symmetry (Norton). Each winner received $1,000. John Paul Brammer of New York City won the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer Award, given to a LGBTQ writer who has published one to two books. He received $1,500. The annual awards honor books of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by LGBTQ authors, or with LGBTQ themes, published in the United States or Canada during the previous year. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Publishing Triangle, Literary Awards, 511 Avenue of the Americas, #D36, New York, NY 10011.
awards@publishingtriangle.org
publishingtriangle.org/awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Prizes in Books
Diane Seuss of Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for frank: sonnets (Graywolf Press). The finalists were Will Alexander of Los Angeles for Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten (New Directions) and Mai Der Vang of Fresno, California, for Yellow Rain (Graywolf Press); David Baker, Anne Boyer, Tyehimba Jess, Prageeta Sharma, and Mary Szybist judged. Joshua Cohen of New York City won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family (New York Review Books). The finalists were Francisco Goldman of Mexico City and New York City for Monkey Boy (Grove Press) and Gayl Jones of Lexington, Kentucky, for Palmares (Beacon Press); Chris Abani, Tom Beer, Deborah Heard, Courtney Hodell, and Sam Sacks judged. Andrea Elliott of New York City won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction for Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City (Random House). The finalists were Carla Power of East Sussex, England, for Home, Land, Security: Deradicalization and the Journey Back from Extremism (One World) and Joshua Prager of South Orange, New Jersey, for The Family Roe: An American Story (Norton); Sonali Deraniyagala, Morgan Jerkins, Jennifer Senior, and Richard Tofel judged. Nicole Eustace of Mamaroneck, New York, and Ada Ferrer of New York City both won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in history; Eustace won for Covered With Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (Liveright) and Ferrer won for Cuba: An American History (Scribner). The finalist was Kate Masur of Evanston, Illinois, for Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, From the Revolution to Reconstruction (Norton); David W. Blight, Matthew J. Garcia, Tera Hunter, Margaret D. Jacobs, and Christopher Tomlins judged. The late Winfred Rembert and Erin I. Kelly of Medford, Massachusetts, received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in biography for Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South (Bloomsbury). The finalists were Janice P. Nimura of New York City for The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine (Norton) and Richard Zenith of Lisbon for Pessoa (Liveright); Heather Clark, Noah Feldman, Peniel Joseph, Eleanor Randolph, and Samanth Subramanian judged. The winners each received $15,000. The annual awards honor works of poetry, fiction, general nonfiction, and biography by U.S. writers, as well as U.S. history books, published in the United States during the previous year. (See Deadlines.)
Pulitzer Prizes, Prizes in Books, Columbia University, 709 Pulitzer Hall, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. (212) 854-3841.
pulitzer@pulitzer.org
pulitzer.org
Red Hen Press
Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award
Phuong T. Vuong of San Diego, California, won the 2021 Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award for A Plucked Zither. She received $3,000, and her book will be published by Red Hen Press in spring 2024. Major Jackson judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Quill Prose Award
Wes Jamison of the midwestern United States won the 2021 Quill Prose Award for their essay collection, Carrion. They received $1,000, and their book will be published by Red Hen Press in 2024. Kazim Ali judged. The annual award is given for a story or essay collection, a novel, or a hybrid work of prose by a queer writer. The next deadline is November 30.
Red Hen Press, P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena, CA 91114. (626) 406-1203. Shelby Wallace, Production Editor.
editorial@redhen.org
redhen.org
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation
Poetry Prize
John Blair of San Marcos, Texas, won the 2022 Robinson Jeffers Tor House Poetry Prize for his poem “The Box.” He received $1,000. Forrest Gander judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is March 15, 2023.
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 223240, Carmel, CA 93922. (831) 624-1813. Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Coordinator.
thf@torhouse.org
torhouse.org
Schaffner Press
Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature
Jasmin Attia of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, won the eighth annual Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature for her novel, The Oud Player of Old Cairo. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Schaffner Press in August 2023. The annual award is given for a poetry collection, novel, short story collection, essay collection, or memoir that “deals in some way with the subject of music and its influence.” The next deadline is January 28, 2023.
Schaffner Press, Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature, P.O. Box 41567, Tucson, AZ 85717.
schaffnerpress.com
Silverfish Review Press
Gerald Cable Book Award
Judy Katz of New York City won the 2021 Gerald Cable Book Award for How News Travels. She received $1,000, publication of her book by Silverfish Review Press, and 25 author copies. Rodger Moody judged. The annual award is given for a first poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
Silverfish Review Press, Gerald Cable Book Award, P.O. Box 3541, Eugene, OR 97403. Rodger Moody, Series Editor.
sfrpress@gmail.com
silverfishreviewpress.com
Story
Story Foundation Prize
Laura Venita Green of New York City won the third annual Story Foundation Prize for “Stuck.” She received $1,500 and publication in the Summer 2022 issue of Story. The editors judged. 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.
mpnye@storymagazine.org
storymagazine.org
Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm
Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry
Jean L. Kreiling of Plymouth, Massachusetts, won the 12th annual Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry for “Antiphon.” She received $1,000, an invitation and a $400 honorarium to read at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire, and a full scholarship to attend the Frost Farm Conference in August. Allison Joseph judged. The annual award is given for a single poem written in a metrical form. The next deadline is March 31, 2023.
Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm, Frost Farm Prize for Metrical Poetry, c/o Robert Crawford, 280 Candia Road, Chester, NH 03036.
hylabrookpoets@gmail.com
frostfarmpoetry.org/prize
University of Georgia Press
Georgia Poetry Prize
Leah Nieboer of Denver won the 2021 Georgia Poetry Prize for Soft Apocalypse. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by University of Georgia Press in March 2023. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is November 30.
University of Georgia Press, Georgia Poetry Prize, Main Library, Third Floor, 320 South Jackson Street, Athens, GA 30602.
ugapress.org
University of North Texas Press
Vassar Miller Prize
Ernest Hilbert of Philadelphia won the 2022 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry for Storm Swimmer. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by University of North Texas Press in April 2023. Rowan Ricardo Phillips judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (See Deadlines.)
University of North Texas Press, Vassar Miller Prize, 1155 Union Circle #311336, Denton, TX 76203. (940) 565-2142. Ronald Chrisman, Director.
untpress.unt.edu/authors/vassar-miller-submissions
University of Notre Dame Press
Sandeen and Sullivan Prizes
Vickie Vértiz of Los Angeles won the 2023 Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry for her poetry collection Auto/Body. Maya Sonenberg of Seattle won the 2022 Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction for her story collection Bad Mothers, Bad Daughters. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by University of Notre Dame Press. The biennial awards were given for a book of poetry and a book of short fiction by writers who have published at least one collection. The Sullivan and Sandeen prizes will no longer be offered moving forward.
University of Notre Dame Press, Sandeen and Sullivan Prizes, University of Notre Dame, English Department, 233 Decio Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. (574) 631-2569. Paul Cunningham, MFA Program Coordinator.
pcunnin1@nd.edu
english.nd.edu/creative-writing/prizes-awards/sandeen-sullivan-prizes
University of Texas
Dobie Paisano Fellowships
Nonfiction writer A. Kendra Greene of Dallas and poet and fiction writer Reyes Ramirez of Houston, Texas, each won a 2022 Dobie Paisano Fellowship. Green received the Ralph A. Johnston Memorial Fellowship, which includes a monthly stipend of $6,000 and a four-month stay at the Paisano ranch, located fourteen miles southwest of Austin. Ramirez received the Jesse H. Jones Writing Fellowship, which includes a monthly stipend of $4,500 and a four-month stay at the Paisano ranch. The annual fellowships, cosponsored by the Texas Institute of Letters, are given to writers who are native Texans, who have lived in Texas for at least three years, or who have published significant work with a Texas subject. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
University of Texas, Dobie Paisano Fellowships, Graduate School, 110 Inner Campus Drive, Stop G0400, Austin, TX 78712.
dobiepaisano.utexas.edu
University of Utah Press
Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry
Carolyn Oliver of Worcester, Massachusetts, won the 2021 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry for Inside the Storm I Want to Touch the Tremble. She received $1,000, publication of her book by University of Utah Press, and $500 in travel and lodging expenses to give a reading at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Matthew Olzmann judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is April 15, 2023.
University of Utah Press, Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry, J. Willard Marriott Library, 295 South 1500 East, Suite 5400, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Hannah New, Contact.
hannah.new@utah.edu
uofupress.com/ali-poetry-prize.php
Verse
Tomaž Šalamun Prize
Suphil Lee Park of Cresskill, New Jersey, won the 2022 Tomaž Šalamun Prize for Still Life. She received $1,000, publication of her chapbook by Factory Hollow Press, and a monthlong residency at the Tomaž Šalamun Centre for Poetry in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Ilya Kaminsky judged. The annual award is given for a poetry chapbook. The next deadline is March 15, 2023.
Verse, Tomaž Šalamun Prize, University of Richmond, English Department, Richmond, VA 23173. (804) 287-6431. Brian Henry, Editor.
factoryhollowpress.com
Whiting Foundation
Whiting Awards
Poets Ina Cariño of Raleigh, North Carolina, Anthony Cody of Fresno, California, and Claire Schwartz of New York City; fiction writers Claire Boyles of Loveland, Colorado, Rita Bullwinkel of San Francisco, Megha Majumdar of New York City, and Nana Nkweti of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; poet and nonfiction writer Anaïs Duplan of North Bennington, Vermont; poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Alexis Pauline Gumbs of Durham, North Carolina; and fiction and nonfiction writer Jesse McCarthy of Somerville, Massachusetts, are the winners of the 2022 Whiting Awards. They each received $50,000. The annual awards are given to emerging writers. There is no application process.
Whiting Foundation, Whiting Awards, 291 Broadway, Suite 1901, New York, NY 10007. (718) 701-5962.
info@whiting.org
whiting.org/writers/awards/current-winners
Zócalo Public Square
Book Prize
Heather McGhee of New York City won the 12th annual Zócalo Book Prize for The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (One World). She received $10,000 and spoke at Zócalo Public Square’s Book Prize event, which took place in June at the historic Herald Examiner Building in Los Angeles. The annual award is given for a book of nonfiction published in the United States in the previous year that “most enhances our understanding of community and the forces that strengthen or undermine human connectedness and social cohesion.” As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Poetry Prize
Chelsea Rathburn of Macon, Georgia, won the 11th annual Zócalo Poetry Prize for “8 a.m., Ocean Drive.” She received $1,000 and read at Zócalo Public Square’s Book Prize event, which took place in June at the historic Herald Examiner Building in Los Angeles. The annual award is given for a single poem that “best evokes a connection to place.” As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
Zócalo Public Square, 1111 South Broadway, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90015.
zocalopublicsquare.org