Hurston/Wright Foundation
Terrance Hayes of New York City won the 2019 Legacy Award in poetry for his poetry collection American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin (Penguin Books). Nafissa Thompson-Spires of Champaign, Illinois, won the 2019 Legacy Award in fiction for her story collection, Heads of the Colored People (37 INK/Atria). Imani Perry of Princeton, New Jersey, won the 2019 Legacy Award in nonfiction for her book May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthem (University of North Carolina Press). Myronn Hardy, Donika Kelly, Adrian Matejka judged in poetry; Lesley Nneka Arimah, Reginald McKnight, and Tricia Elam Walker judged in fiction; and Debra J. Dickerson, Keith Gilyard, and Kali Nicole Gross judged in nonfiction. The annual awards are given for books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction by Black writers published in the previous year. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Hurston/Wright Foundation, Legacy Awards, 10 G Street NE, Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20002. (202) 248-5051.
info@hurstonwright.org
www.hurstonwright.org/legacy-awards
and Woodford each received $1,500; Flum received $1,300; Brimhall received $1,250; Cowie received $1,200; Su received $1,020; and Giannetta, Kovacic, Mulcahy, Oberman-Breindel and Taher each received $1,000. The annual grants are given to feminist poets, fiction writers, and mixed-genre writers who are citizens of the United States or Canada. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Individual Artist Grants for Women, P.O. Box 717, Bearsville, NY 12409. deming.fund@gmail.com
demingfund.org
Moon City Press
POETRY AWARD
Kathy Goodkin of Greensboro, North Carolina, won the 2019 Moon City Press Poetry Award for Crybaby Bridge. She received $1,000, and her book was published by Moon City Press. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (SEE DEADLINES.)
SHORT FICTION AWARD
Pablo Piñero Stillman of Mexico City won the 2019 Moon City Press Short Fiction Award for Our Brains and the
Brains of Miniature Sharks. He received $1,000, and his book will be published by Moon City Press in March 2020. The editors judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection. The next deadline is October 1. Moon City Press, Missouri State University, English Department, 901 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65806. Michael Czyzniejewski, Editor. mczyzniejewski@missouristate.edu
moon-city-press.com
Munster Literature Center SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Mike Allen of Norfolk, England, won the 2019 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition for “Come Closer.” He received €2,000 (approximately $2,220), a weeklong residency at Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat, accommodations to attend the Cork International Short Story Festival, and publication of his story in Southword. Billy O’Callaghan judged. The annual award is given for a short story. The next deadline is July 31. Munster Literature Center, Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street,
RICHARD POWERS
Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation Prize in Fiction Runner-Up
LARA TUPPER
Leapfrog Press Fiction Award
MIKE ALLEN
Munster Literature Center
Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
Cork, Ireland. info@munsterlit.ie
www.munsterlit.ie
Naugatuck River Review
NARRATIVE POETRY CONTEST
Jane C. Miller of Wilmington, Delaware, won the eleventh annual Narrative Poetry Contest for “DNA Test to Identify Victim of 1944 Hartford Circus Fire.” She received $1,000 and publication in the Winter/Spring 2020 issue of Naugatuck River Review. Lauren K. Alleyne judged. The annual award is given for a narrative poem. The next deadline is September 1.
Naugatuck River Review, Narrative Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 368, Westfield, MA 01085. Lori Desrosiers, Publisher.
naugatuckriverreview.com
Noemi Press
BOOK AWARDS
Aeon Ginsberg of Baltimore won the 2019 Noemi Press Book Award for Poetry for their poetry collection, Greyhound. Sarah Minor of Cleveland won the 2019 Noemi Press Book Award for Prose for her hybrid text Slim Confessions. They each received $1,000, and their books will be published by Noemi Press. The editors judged. The annual awards are given for a poetry collection and a book of prose. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Noemi Press, Book Awards, 202 Giles Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060. Carmen Giménez Smith, Publisher. noemipressbooks@gmail.com
www.noemipress.org/contest
Ploughshares
JOHN C. ZACHARIS FIRST BOOK AWARD
Xuan Juliana Wang of Los Angeles won the 2019 John C. Zacharis First Book Award for her story collection, Home Remedies (Hogarth, 2019). She received $1,500. Ladette Randolph judged. The annual award is given in alternating years for a first poetry collection or first book of fiction by a writer whose work has been published in Ploughshares. There is no application process.
Ploughshares, Emerson College, 120 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02116. (617) 824-3757. pshares@pshares.org
www.pshares.org
Poetry Foundation
RUTH LILLY AND DOROTHY SARGENT
ROSENBERG POETRY FELLOWSHIPS
Five poets each received a $25,800 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship from the Poetry Foundation. They are Franny Choi of Decatur, Georgia, and New Haven, Connecticut; Jane Huffman of Livonia, Michigan; José Olivarez of Chicago; Justin Phillip Reed of Florence, South Carolina; and Michael Wasson of the Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho. The winners also had their work published in Poetry. The editors judged. The annual awards are given to poets between the ages of 21 and 31 to support their continued study and writing of poetry. (SEE DEADLINES.) Poetry Foundation, Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships, 61 West Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60654. Holly Amos, Contact. hamos@poetrymagazine.org
www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/prizes
-fellowship
Poetry International
POETRY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
Laura Budofsky Wisniewski of Hinesburg, Vermont, won the 2019 Poetry International Prize for “How Mushrooms Will Save the World.” She received $1,000, and her poem will be published in Poetry International. Sandra Alcosser judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Poetry International, Poetry International Prize, San Diego State University, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Mail Code 6020, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182. (619) 594-1522. Sandra Alcosser, Editor.
poetryinternational.sdsu.edu
Press 53
AWARD FOR POETRY
Mohja Kahf of Fayetteville, Arkansas, won the 2020 Press 53 Award for Poetry for My Lover Feeds Me Grapefruit. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Press 53. Tom Lombardo judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is July 31. Press 53, Award for Poetry, 560 North Trade Street, Suite 103, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. (336) 770-5353. Kevin Morgan Watson, Publisher. kevin@press53.com
www.press53.com/award-for-poetry
Red Hen Press
NONFICTION AWARD
Jan Beatty of Pittsburgh won the 2019 Nonfiction Award for American Bastard. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Red Hen Press in 2020. Nikki Moustaki judged. The annual award is given for an essay collection, memoir, or book of narrative nonfiction. (SEE DEADLINES.) Red Hen Press, Nonfiction Award,
P.O. Box 40820, Pasadena, CA 91114. (626)406-1203. Rebeccah Sanhueza, Editorial Assistant. editorial@redhen.org
www.redhen.org
Red Mountain Press
POETRY PRIZE
Arne Weingart of Chicago won the 2019 Poetry Prize for Unpractical Thinking. He received $1,000, and his collection will be published by Red Mountain Press. Marc Hudson judged. The annual award
FRANNY CHOI
JUSTIN PHILLIP REED
Poetry Foundation
Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships
VALERIE VOGRIN
Willow Spring Books
Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
is given for a poetry collection. The next deadline is September 15. Red Mountain Press, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 32205, Santa Fe, NM 87594. redmtnpress@gmail.com
www.redmountainpress.us
River Styx
INTERNATIONAL POETRY CONTEST
Cody Smith of Tallahassee, Florida, won the 2019 River Styx International Poetry Contest for “Elegy with Halitosis and Underemployment as Megachurch Janitors.” He received $1,500, and his poem was published in River Styx. Oliver de la Paz judged. The annual award is given for a single poem. The next deadline is May 31.
River Styx, International Poetry Contest, 3301 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103. Jason Lee Brown, Editor.
www.riverstyx.org/submit/poetry-contest
Slope Editions
BOOK PRIZE
Stephanie Cawley of Pittsburgh won the 18th annual Slope Editions Book Prize for My Heart But Not My Heart. She received $1,000 and publication of her book by Slope Editions. Solmaz Sharif judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection. (SEE DEADLINES.) Slope Editions, Book Prize, 847 Bernardston Road, Greenfield, MA 01301. Christopher Janke, Senior Editor. slope.editions@gmail.com
www.slopeeditions.org
Sonora Review
ANNUAL CONTESTS
Connor Yeck of Cincinnati won the
2019 Poetry Prize for “Nocturne with Los Alamos Drive-Thru.” Raquel Salas Rivera judged. Julie Cadman-Kim of Seattle won the 2019 Fiction Prize for “The Egg.” R. O. Kwon judged. They each received $1,000 and publication in Sonora Review. The annual awards are given for a poem or group of poems and a short story on a theme. (SEE DEADLINES.)
Sonora Review, Annual Contests, University of Arizona, Department of English, P.O. Box 210067, Modern Languages Building 445, Tucson, AZ 85721.
www.sonorareview.com
Southeast Missouri State University Press
COWLES POETRY BOOK PRIZE
Luiza Flynn-Goodlett of Oakland won the 2019 Cowles Poetry Book Prize for Look Alive. She received $2,000, and her book will be published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in 2020. Brad Aaron Modlin judged. The annual award is given for a poetry collection.
(SEE DEADLINES.) Southeast Missouri State University Press, Cowles Poetry Book Prize, 1 University Plaza, Mail Stop 2650, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. James Brubaker, Publisher. upress@semo.edu
www.semopress.com/events/cowles-prize
St. Francis College
ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE LITERARY PRIZE
Samantha Hunt of Tivoli, New York, won the 2019 St. Francis College Literary Prize for her story collection, The Dark Dark (FSG, 2017). She received $50,000. Chris Abani, Kate Christensen, and Ron Currie judged. The biennial award is given for a writer’s third to fifth published work of fiction. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set.
St. Francis College, St. Francis College Literary Prize, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201.
www.sfc.edu/news-events/sfcliteraryprize
Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm
FROST FARM PRIZE
David Southward of Milwaukee won the ninth annual Frost Farm Prize for “Mary’s Visit.” He received $1,000 and a scholarship to give a reading at the Frost Farm Poetry Conference at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire. Bruce Bennett judged. The annual award is given for a poem written in metrical verse. (SEE DEADLINES.) Trustees of the Robert Frost Farm, Frost Farm Prize, c/o Robert Crawford, 280 Candia Road, Chester, NH 03036.
www.frostfarmpoetry.org/prize
Willow Spring Books
SPOKANE PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION
Valerie Vogrin of Moro, Illinois, won the 2018 Spokane Prize for Things We’ll Need for the Coming Difficulties. She received $2,000, and her book was published by Willow Spring Books in January. Karen Karbo judged. The annual award is given for a short story collection. The next deadline is June 15. Willow Springs Books, Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, c/o Inland Northwest Center for Writers, 668 North Riverpoint Boulevard, 2 RPT #259, Spokane, WA 99202.
www.willowspringsbooks.org
Winning Writers TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID FICTION AND ESSAY CONTEST
Barbara Milton of Milford, Connecticut, and Margo Barnes of Tucson, Arizona, won the 27th annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction and Essay Contest. Milton won in fiction for “The Snake” and Barnes won in nonfiction for “Anointed.” They each received $2,000 and publication on the Winning Writers website. Dennis Norris II judged. The annual awards are given for a short story and an essay. (SEE DEADLINES.) Winning Writers, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction and Essay Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Adam Cohen, Contest Administrator. adam@winningwriters.com
www.winningwriters.com/tomstory
Zone 3 Press
CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOK AWARD
Sarah Kasbeer of New York City won the 2019 Zone 3 Creative Nonfiction Book Award for her essay collection, A Woman, a Plan, an Outline of a Man. She received $1,000, and her book will be published by Zone 3 Press in fall 2020. Alice Bolin judged. The biennial award is given for a memoir, essay collection, or work of literary nonfiction. As of this writing, the next deadline has not been set. Zone 3 Press, Creative Nonfiction Book Award, Austin Peay State University, P.O. Box 4565, Clarksville, TN 37044. (931) 221-7031. Amy Wright, Acquisitions Editor. zone3@apsu.edu
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