Recent Winners
American Literary Translators Association
NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARDS
Katrine Øgaard Jensen of New York
City won the 2018 National Translation Award in Poetry for her translation from the Danish of Ursula Andekjaer’s poetry collection Third-Millennium Heart (Action Books/Broken Dimanche Press). Kareem James Abu-Zeid, Jennifer Feeley, and Sawako Nakayasu judged. Charlotte Mandell of Red Hook, New York, won the 2018 National Translation Award in Prose for her translation from the French of Mathias Énard’s novel Compass (New Directions). They each received $2,500. Esther Allen, Tess Lewis, and Jeremy Tiang judged. The annual awards are given for a book of poetry and a book of prose translated from any language into English and published in the previous year.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
LUCIEN STRYK ASIAN TRANSLATION PRIZE
Bonnie Huie of New York City won the 2018 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize for her translation from the Chinese of Qiu Miaojin’s novel Notes of a Crocodile (New York Review Books). She received $5,000. Robert Hueckstedt, Juliet Winters Carpenter, and Sora Kim-Russell judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction translated from an Asian language into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)
ITALIAN PROSE IN TRANSLATION AWARD
Elizabeth Harris of Alma, Wisconsin, won the 2018 Italian Prose in Translation Award for her translation from the Italian of Antonio Tabucchi’s novel For Isabel: A Mandala (Archipelago Books). She received $5,000. Geoffrey Brock, Peter Constantine, and Sarah Stickney judged. The annual award is given for a book of fiction or nonfiction translated from Italian into English and published in the previous year. (SEE DEADLINES.)
CLIFF BECKER BOOK PRIZE IN TRANSLATION
Cole Heinowitz of New York City won the 2019 Cliff Becker Book Prize for her translation from the Spanish of Mario Santiago Papasquiaro’s poetry collection Bleeding From All 5 Senses. She received $1,000 and publication of her translation by White Pine Press in partnership with the Center for the Art of Translation. Daniel Borzutzky, Aaron Coleman, and Mani Rao judged. The annual award is given for a book of poetry translated from any language into English. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. American Literary Translators Association, University of Arizona, Esquire Building #205, 1230 North Park Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721. Rachael Daum, Communications and Awards Manager. rachaeldaum@literarytranslators.org
www.literarytranslators.org
Anhinga Press ANHINGA–ROBERT DANA PRIZE FOR POETRY
Heidi Reszies of Richmond, Virginia, won the 2018 Anhinga–Robert Dana Prize for Of Water and Other Soft Constructions. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Anhinga Press in September. Samiya Bashir judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is May 31. Anhinga Press, Anhinga–Robert
Dana Prize for Poetry, P.O. Box 3665, Tallahassee, FL 32315. Kristine Snodgrass, Contact. info@anhinga.org
www.anhingapress.org
Arts & Letters
ARTS & LETTERS PRIZES
Keith Wilson of Chicago won the Arts & Letters Prize in poetry for “Letter Begun to My Future Niece” and “Long Tail.” R. M. Kinder of Warrensburg, Missouri, won in fiction for “A Common Person.” Megan Harlan of Berkeley, California, won in creative nonfiction for “Mobile Home.” They each received $1,000, and their winning works were published in the Fall 2018 issue of Arts
& Letters. Alfred Corn judged in poetry, Melissa Pritchard judged in fiction, and Joni Tevis judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Arts & Letters, Arts & Letters Prizes, Georgia College, Campus Box 89, Milledgeville, GA 31061. (478) 445-1289. Laura Newbern, Editor.
artsandletters.gcsu.edu
Autumn House Press
LITERARY PRIZES
Charles Kell of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, won the 16th annual Autumn House Press Poetry Prize for his collection, Cage of Lit Glass. Hadley Moore of Vicksburg, Michigan, won the 11th annual fiction prize for her story collection, Not Dead Yet and Other Stories. Jennifer R. Blevins of Lexington, South Carolina, won the seventh annual nonfiction prize for her memoir, Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story. They each received $1,000, publication by Autumn House Press, and a $1,500 travel grant for promotion of their published books. Kimiko Hahn judged in poetry, Dana Johnson judged in fiction, and Daisy Hernández judged in creative nonfiction. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection, a short story collection or novel, and a book of creative nonfiction. The next deadline is June 30. Autumn House Press, Literary Prizes, 5530 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.
www.autumnhouse.org
Bard College
FICTION PRIZE
Greg Jackson of New York City won the 2019 Bard Fiction Prize for his story collection, Prodigals (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). He received $30,000 and a one-semester appointment as writerin-residence at Bard College. The annual award is given to an emerging U.S. writer under the age of 40. The next deadline is June 15. Bard College, Fiction Prize, Annandaleon-Hudson, NY 12504. (845) 758-7087. bfp@bard.edu
www.bard.edu/bfp
Barry Lopez Fellowship
Reporter and nonfiction writer Anna Badkhen of Tulsa received the 2018 Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Community and Ethics Fellowship. She received $1,500, an all-expenses-paid trip to deliver a lecture at the University of Hawai’i, a two-week residency in a guesthouse on a private estate in Maui, and lodging and airfare to spend a weekend in Honolulu. The annual fellowship, which is cosponsored by the Manoa Foundation of Honolulu, is given to a writer whose work, like Lopez’s, “contributes to an awareness of the civic and ethical obligation of artists; that helps us understand, through storytelling, that the survival of a human world depends upon a commitment to integrity, empathy, and compassionate reconciliation; and inspires us to take social responsibility for the perils, which we have created ourselves, to the human and non-human world.” There is no application process. Barry Lopez Fellowship, c/o Frank Stewart, Manoa Foundation, 3718 Loulu Street, Honolulu, HI 96822.
www.barrylopez.com
Beloit Poetry Journal
ADRIENNE RICH AWARD FOR POETRY
Jehanne Dubrow of Denton, Texas, won the 2018 Adrienne Rich Award for “from Dark Lines Against the Dark.” She received $1,500 and publication in Beloit Poetry Journal. Naomi Shihab Nye judged. The annual award, which is supported by the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust, is given for a single poem.
(SEE DEADLINES.)
Beloit Poetry Journal, Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry, P.O. Box 1450, Windham, ME 04062. Rachel Contreni Flynn, Contact. bpj@bpj.org
www.bpj.org
Bitter Oleander Press
LIBRARY OF POETRY BOOK AWARD
Serena Fusek of Newport News, Virginia, won the 2018 Library of Poetry Book Award for Ancient Maps & a Tarot Pack. She received $1,000 and publication of her book by Bitter Oleander Press. Alan Britt judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is June 15. Bitter Oleander Press, Library of Poetry Book Award, 4983 Tall Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, NY 13066. Paul B. Roth, Editor. info@bitteroleander.com
www.bitteroleander.com
Black Lawrence Press
HUDSON PRIZE
Alan Chazaro of Oakland won the 2018 Hudson Prize for his poetry collection, Piñata Theory. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Black Lawrence Press. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a collection of poetry or short stories. (SEE DEADLINES.) Black Lawrence Press, Hudson Prize, 279 Claremont Avenue, Mount Vernon, NY 10552. editors@blacklawrencepress.com
www.blacklawrence.com David Joez Villaverde of Detroit, Ndinda Kioko of Nairobi, and Amanda Kallis of Los Angeles won the 14th annual Black Warrior Review Writing Contests. Joez Villaverde won in poetry for his poem “La Piedra de los Doce Ángulos”; Vanessa Angélica Villarreal judged. Kioko won in fiction for her story “Little Jamaica”; Laura van den Berg judged. Kallis won in nonfiction for her essay “Social Body”; Kate Zambreno judged. They each received $1,000 and publication in Issue 45.2 of Black Warrior Review. The annual awards are given for a poem, a short story, and an essay. The next deadline is September 1.
Black Warrior Review, Writing Contests, University of Alabama, Office of Student Media, Box 870170, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. Mark Galarrita, Editor.
www.bwr.ua.edu
Carlow University
PATRICIA DOBLER POETRY AWARD
Donna M. Glass of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, won the 2018 Patricia Dobler Poetry Award for her poem “The Grocery Store.” She received $1,000, publication of her poem in Voices From the Attic, and an all-expenses-paid trip to Carlow University in Pittsburgh to give a reading. Judith Vollmer judged. The annual award is given to a woman poet over 40 who has not published a book in any genre. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Carlow University, Patricia Dobler Poetry Award, 3333 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. (412) 578-6346. Sarah WilliamsDevereux, Contact. sewilliams412@carlow.edu
www.carlow.edu/dobler_poetry_award.aspx
Carve RAYMOND CARVER SHORT STORY CONTEST
Frank Meola of New York City won the 2018 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest for “Home as Found.” He received $1,500, and his story was published in the Fall 2018 issue of Carve. Susan Perabo judged. The annual award is given for a short story. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Carve, Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, P.O. Box 701510, Dallas, TX 75370. Anna Zumbahlen, Editor in Chief. info@carvezine.com
www.carvezine.com/raymond-carver-contest
Center for Fiction
FIRST NOVEL PRIZE
Tommy Orange of Angels Camp, California, won the 2018 First Novel Prize for There, There (Alfred A. Knopf). He received $10,000. The finalists were Jen Beagin of Hudson, New York, for Pretend I’m Dead (Scribner); Akwaeke Emezi of Umuahia, Nigeria, for Freshwater (Grove Press); Lisa Halliday of Milan, Italy, for Asymmetry (Simon & Schuster); Tadzio Koelb of New York City for Trenton Makes (Doubleday); Jordy Rosenberg of New York City and Northampton, Massachusetts, for Confessions of the Fox (One World); and Nafkote Tamirat of Boston for The Parking Lot Attendant (Henry Holt). They each received $1,000. Jeffery Renard Allen, Julie Lekstrom Himes, Katie Kitamura, Rachel Kushner, and Dana Spiotta judged. The annual award is given for a debut novel published in the United States during the previous year. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Center for Fiction, First Novel Prize, 15 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217. (212) 755-6710. info@centerforfiction.org
www.centerforfiction.org/awards
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
POETRY BOOK COMPETITIONS
Anne Lesley Selcer of Oakland won the 2018 First Book Prize for her poetry collection, Sun Cycle. CAConrad judged. Oliver Baez Bendorf of Kalamazoo, Michigan, won the 2018 Open Book Competition for his poetry collection Advantages of Being Evergreen. Samuel Amadon, Leora Fridman, and Jane Lewty judged. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by the Cleveland State University Poetry